An office chair, or desk chair, is a type of chair that is designed for use at a desk in an office. It is usually adjustable and has a set of wheels. Office chairs were developed around the mid-19th century as more workers spent their ...
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Fresh exterior styling, revised cabins and the availability of new driver assist technologies headline the enhancements to the updated Volvo XC60. Local customers will have to wait until around April to gain access to Volvo’s new ...
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The Fiat Panda has taken more than three decades to get to Australia, but now it’s here it’s time to quickly get used to the word ‘squircle’. You don’t need a PhD in mathematical shapes to appreciate this is ...
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Despite all the negativity on the news, and the uncertainty involving the US debt ceiling, most trends are pointing to a steadily growing economy that bodes well for trucking's future. That was the synopsis from leading economists and ...
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Armour Automotive, owned by Armour Group, has entered into a new agreement with automotive trade electrical solutions provider Daltec to distribute Armour's in-car music streaming and hands-free devices iO Play2 and iO Talk2 in UK. With ...
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Covidien, a provider of healthcare products, has introduced the Capnostream 20p bedside monitor, which offers enhanced features for increasing patient safety in hospitals. The Capnostream 20p bedside monitor incorporates Covidien's ...
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Our Rating: Performance, Ride & Handling 3 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 4.5 French brands were remarkably late to join the SUV party, so it’s quite a shock seeing the Peugeot 2008 emerge at the ...
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Sydney drivers find themselves in stop-start traffic more frequently than drivers of any other Australian city, but they stop about half as much as drivers in the world’s most congested cities. In a study by sat-nav maker TomTom, ...
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The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has informed all its members that with immediate effect, Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) staff seeking access to garment factories for monitoring visits should be accompanied by ...
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I'm at the APICS fall conference in Orlando this week, rubbing shoulders with folks from areas of the supply chain we don't normally talk to in Modern. APICS's roots are in operations and as such there are a number of manufacturing ...
Oracle and Microsoft today announced new features of the two companies' cloud collaborations, revealing Oracle Database, Java Platform Standard Edition for provision on Windows Server, as well as Oracle WebLogic onto Windows-based virtual ...
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China has this week ordered 58 companies, ranging from steel, coke and cement producers, to cut excess production capacity by the end of the year, in the latest attempt to ease overcapacity in bloated sectors. This is the third batch of ...
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Performance, Ride & Handling 4.5 Comfort & Interior 4.5 Quality & Design 4.5 Value & Features 4 Green 4.5 At 260km/h the Audi S4 gives a slight thump as it shifts from sixth gear to the tallest ratio inside its dual-clutch ...
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Meritor's first-ever delivery van, ready to carry replacement and rebuilt parts to wherever within 100 km they're needed. EDMONTON — Say your truck breaks down and the service tech finds out that the differential needs immediate ...
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When I was a kid, my mother used to say: "No one wants to hear you blow your own horn." "But if I don't, who will?" I'd say to her. Okay, maybe I was an obnoxious kid. But perhaps its time for warehousing, distribution and supply chain ...
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