As competition continues to heat up in the smart device market, the demand for services along the semiconductor and electronics industry’s supply chain is increasing. One of the key challenges as devices proliferate, while margins ...
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One of the largest known breaches, resulting in 110 million records lost and hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, started with a small, third-party supplier. We’re talking about Target, where attackers compromised Fazio ...
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Inside nearly every piece of technology that we rely on—from our laptops and tablets to cars and airplanes—are the minerals tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold. However, for nearly two decades, the mining of some of these ...
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Two years ago, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced it made a commitment to hire 1,000 United States military veterans, and today the company has surpassed its three-year goal more than a year early, and has pledged to hire an ...
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As electronics and high tech companies pursue growth, supply chain risk management is seen as a vital tool they will further need to leverage in the future. In fact, 83% of electronics and high tech executives participating in a recent ...
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Radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies provider eAgile has been granted a patent for its eSeal RFID-enabled packaging solution by the US patent office. The company claims that the solution will solve many concerns surrounding ...
House & Gift Fair is the largest professional trade fair for homeware and decoration in Latin America. It is divided into six specialized sectors and two spaces, bringing together the entire supply chain of the segment in four ...
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On May 6, 2014, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published final DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations System) rules1 to eliminate counterfeit parts from the supply chain by shifting the burden of protection onto contractors. ...
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If it weren't so scary, it would be funny: two different U.S. appeals courts came to two different conclusions about subsidies associated with the Affordable Care Act. Interpreting the language of the law, it seems, is a bit tricky. ...
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Walmart is by far the leading retail brand in the US, with a brand value of $131.88 billion in 2014. It has been a leading retailer since Sam Walton opened his first store back in 1962. Walmart’s success is in great part due to how ...
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There is no surprise that cost reductions top the high-tech supply chain executives ranking of the three biggest issues or projects for 2014, according to the Annual North American Hi-Tech & Electronics Report from eyefortransport. The ...
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Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation, named Jeff Fiorini as its chief operating officer. Fiorini will oversee the supply chain, product development and engineering, information technologies, and ...
Electrical/electronic component suppliers ranked last among the six automotive segments – exterior, powertrain, interior, electrical, body and chassis – reviewed in PwC's North American Automotive Supplier Supply Chain study. ...
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Those involved in peddling counterfeit components have done their business with relative impunity. But the successful prosecution of a perpetrator in the US may mark the beginning of some law and order in the rampant illegal counterfeit ...
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Crocs, Inc. hit reverse Tuesday, saying it will trim its product line, close stores, cut back on direct investment overseas and focus on efficiency. The latest restructuring plan coincided with release of the company’s financial ...
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