The traditionally low-cost pasture-based dairying regions, such as Australia, have lost their cost advantage as input prices have risen, and now compete on the global market with a similar cost of production to producers with more intensive ...
Tags: Milk, Agriculture, Food
In lean economic times, organizations look for new ways to streamline operations, improve productivity, and gain a competitive edge. Typically, the first thing they might look at is the price of goods, materials, and supplies used. They ...
Tags: strategic, approach, inventory, management
McKesson and Celesio announced that McKesson signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Celesio for €23 per share and to launch parallel voluntary public tender offers for the remaining publicly-traded shares and outstanding ...
MHI, the organization representing materials handling in North America and the sponsor of ProMat and the upcoming Modex event in Atlanta, unveiled the first draft of the Material Handling & Logistics U.S. Roadmap at its annual meeting in ...
Tags: Roadmap, Processing Machinery
NGC Software announced that Legendary Whitetails, a casual hunting gear and lifestyle apparel marketer, has selected NGC’s PLM, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Raw Materials Management software. Legendary Whitetails designs, ...
Tags: lifestyle apparel, gear apparel
Quintiq, a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O), and textile manufacturer Vlisco, announced that they will host a one-day seminar focusing on innovative planning and optimization strategies that drive business ...
Tags: Textile
Based on its recent analysis of the North American protective and marine coatings market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Hempel with the 2013 Growth Excellence Leadership Award. In 2012, Hempel exhibited double-digit revenue growth well in ...
PPG Industries has announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility for the production of heavy-duty equipment coatings in Tianjin, China. The Tianjin site also has installed equipment to help reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) ...
DAP Technologies has realigned operations to focus business at five primary locations in Canada, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Atlanta, Ga., and the corporate office in Tempe, Ariz., which recently moved to new facilities at Agave Business ...
According to a new Ernst & Young survey, responding to frequently changing regulations and managing the effect on business and stakeholders are now the biggest concerns for power and utilities executives around the world—up from 2011. ...
Abrisa Technologies, a leading supplier of high performance flat glass for the display industry can now screen print on 80 inch diagonal soda lime or low iron float glass for a wide variety of applications including digital signage, ...
PolyOne Corporation, a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, unveiled new Wilflex Epic Top Score inks, available in a series of premixed colors that serve the changing demands of the athletic ...
Tags: PolyOne, fabric inks, fabric
HTC's new One smartphone will arrive later than expected, and could lose any time-to-market advantage over Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S4 handset. The Taiwanese handset maker had originally planned to release its flagship smartphone ...
Tags: HTC, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics, phone
The so-called "Internet of everything," the rapidly approaching world where objects from refrigerators to factory robots can talk to people and other machines, will create a massive business opportunity worth $14.4 trillion over the next ...
Tags: Cisco, Internet, smart energy grid
The 3rd North American edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit was hosted in San Francisco on Jan 22-23rd. Improve efficiencies in food supply chains was the resounding message from the summit, which brought together over 160 senior ...
Tags: Foods Summit, food supply, food