While there is no governing body that controls or even defines Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), APICS, the Association for Operations Management does offer a certification program in production and inventory management (CPIM) that covers ...
Tags: ERP Certifications, Certification
NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
Tags: NeoPhotonics PICs, Electrical, Electronics
The Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) has launched an online tool to help packaging suppliers decide whether their packaging can be classified as recyclable in Australia. The ultimate goal is to reduce consumer confusion about packaging ...
Driven by the fanfare over (and over-estimation of) the LCD display market, the LED front-end equipment market experienced an unprecedented investment cycle in 2010-2011, driven mostly by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics
The Platts Japan Korea Marker for May delivery trended down 45 cents/MMBtu over the Asian trading week, closing at $14.95/MMBtu Friday, as supply for the month began to outweigh demand. Sellers were forced to reduce May offers from the ...
Tags: LNG, electricity producer, JKM
China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, is held biannually in Guangzhou every spring and Autumn, with a history of 55 years since 1957.The Fair is a comprehensive one with the longest history, the Highest level, the ...
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On April 10, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late March (Mar. 21-31) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.669 million mt, up ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
The European Commission has announced the final result of the expiry review of the antidumping (AD) duty on ferrosilicon imports from China and Russia, indicating that the revocation of the duties is likely to result in continuation or ...
Tags: Ferrosilicon, Metallurgy, Mineral
In February this year, Turkey's slab imports amounted to 114,427 mt, up 10.37 percent month on month and decreasing by 30.34 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The total value ...
Tags: Slab, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has commercialized the new monolithic ceramic capacitor, 0201 Size (0.6×0.3mm) , 0.1μFUnit of capacitance. The basic unit of a measure of a capacitor. A capacitor charged to 1 volt with a charge of 1 ...
Tags: ceramic capacitor, capacitor, Electrical, Electronics
The market has felt deflated ever since the wild ride on March 26, during which the spot contract shot up to a high of 97.35 cents/lb before dropping more than 500 points below that level by the end of the session. From a technical ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Xinjiang cotton
Gap Inc. reported net sales of $1.51 billion for the five-week period ended April 5, 2014. Gap Inc.’s comparable sales for March 2014 were down 6 percent versus a 1 percent decrease last year. “While March performance has ...
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Armstrong World Industries named The Kroger Co. as its 2013 Flooring Recycler of the Year. The Armstrong award recognizes organizations that made significant environmental contributions by recycling VCT materials during demolition ...
Tags: VCT materials, Chemicals, Construction
The Cato Corporation reported sales for the five weeks ended April 5, 2014 of $102.0 million, a 3% decrease from sales of $105.6 million for the five week period ended April 6, 2013. Same-store sales for the month decreased 5%. Sales ...
Qantas customers will have greater travel and freight options between Australia and China than ever before, with new code share services now available for sale. Qantas customers can now book and travel on China Southern services to four ...