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OSHA reform? Four OSHA reform bills that the House of Representatives passed in July should make it easier for employers to comply with workplace safety
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Grand illusion
If Jim Graham has his way, Utility Safeguard will one day be the Amazon.com of the construction world a larger-than-life online store providing contractors
DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., the government has launched sweeping initiatives to beef up supply chain security. It can be truly daunting
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Happy returns As you gear up for the holidays, here’s a tip on returns handling from May’s Annual Catalog Conference. Use incentives to smooth the process,
Does RFID fit in?
Want to learn precisely where RFID will fit into your operation? We highly recommend starting with an unusual new study from Forrester Research, How RFID
Checking Up on Your Holiday Inventory
Friends and neighbors may be preparing their next barbecue and finalizing Labor Day plans, but for operations managers at consumer merchants, midsummer
Aligning IT and operations
If yours is a systems-dependent operation and whose isn’t? you’re probably often frustrated by your IT department’s seeming inability to complete projects
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CARGO IS?
The 2002 movie The Sum of All Fears based on the 1991 Tom Clancy novel of the same name depicts what is surely a supply chain manager’s worst nightmare:
Reducing shipping costs
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