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Distribution management systems: Maui takes on yet another smart grid demo - Smart Grid News
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The company will provide its e-terradistribution Integrated Distribution Management System (IDMS) for Maui Electric Companys (MECO) ongoing smart grid demonstration project.
The demo project will assess how smart grid technologies can help the utility cut peak demand, improve service quality, help customers make informed energy use decisions and
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4/26/2012 8:05 AM
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Ottawa Bluesfest adopts RFID cashless payment and access control technology - RFID News
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The technology is being provided by Montreal-based solutions provider Intellitix, which last year activated one-million RFID wristbands. The Canadian company counts Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza among their clients in the US, in addition to Le Festival d’été de Québec.
The Ottawa Bluesfest will take place July 4 July
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4/26/2012 8:01 AM
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Green Light for the Automotive Supply Chain - Supply Chain Digital
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Over the past decade, automotive manufacturers have invested heavily in boosting their green credentials, from environmental research and development that has radically increased the fuel efficiency of vehicles to transforming in-bound supply chain efficiency and manufacturing.
However, the globally tough economic climate has limited the automotiv
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4/25/2012 5:22 PM
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Continental Tire Plant Increases Productivity, Reduces Waste - RFID Journal
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The Continental Tire factory in Sarreguemines, France, has increased its production of tires from 33,000 tires per day to 38,000, thanks to a real-time location system (RTLS) it installed in September 2011 to track tire components. The RTLS has also helped the company reduce wastage of tire components,
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4/25/2012 4:00 PM
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Transportation group aims to add 5000 jobs by 2015 - Hamilton Spectator
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A local transportation advocacy group hopes to add 5,000 jobs to the region in the next five years.
TransHub Ontario, which formed a year ago out of research from the McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics, aims to increase supply chain sector jobs – in areas such as trucking, warehousing
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4/25/2012 3:01 PM
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Why big data is here to stay - CNET
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Eight years ago, a friend and I were researching a book we would later call "Inescapable Data Harnessing the Power of Convergence." We were after an understanding of what kinds of new information one could produce by blending data of different types and from different sources
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4/25/2012 1:00 PM
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Hyderabad airport may see flat traffic growth this fiscal - Hindu Business Line
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The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad is expecting a flat growth in passenger flow to the airport this fiscal, especially on the domestic front. The airport, run by the GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), may not see growth in domestic passenger traffic, given the challenges being
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4/25/2012 12:00 PM
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How Walmart Improved Fleet Efficiency by 69 Percent - Logistics Viewpoints
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The current headlines about Walmart paying bribes in Mexico to obtain building permits has overshadowed (and tarnished) an important announcement the company made last week: the release of its 2012 Global Responsibility Report. The scope of the report is so broad — including initiatives related to the environment, diversity,
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4/25/2012 9:01 AM
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Pakistan: Supply chain priority in Punjab - FreshPlaza
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The Punjab government has stated that the development of post harvest technology, in compliance with international standards, is a top priority.
Agriculture Secretary Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmad was addressing the delegates of a review meeting on supply chain improvement on Monday when he asserted this.
Project Coordinator and Additional Secretary A
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4/25/2012 8:01 AM
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ERP software provider SAP plots new cloud platform - Codestone
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SAP is planning to work on a brand new cloud platform that will offer a range of services to business users.
The enterprise resource planning (ERP) software expert has announced it is to develop an interoperable feature that will be available to banks to aid their integration
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4/25/2012 8:00 AM
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Increasing the use of e-procurement can generate significant savings for ... - Balkans. ...
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Electronic procurement (e-procurement) refers to the use of electronic communication by public sector organisations when buying supplies and services or tendering public works. Increasing the use of e-procurement in Europe can generate significant savings for European taxpayers. Public entities that have already implemented e-procurement report s
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4/25/2012 12:02 AM
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Industry looks to logistics - BusinessDay.com.au
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LOGISTICS has clearly emerged as the dominant driver of industrial property markets in Australia, with the need to cut costs, such as fuel, also a big influence on deciding where to site warehouses, according to a new report.
Industrial property is also increasingly characterised by the trend towards fewer but
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4/24/2012 3:00 PM
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RFID Technology Improves Product Quality and Process Efficiency for Diverse ... ...
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Today’s fast-paced pharmaceutical manufacturing and processing environments rely on high precision performance to ensure consistent product identification, monitoring and tracking. Further, these products must be verified to be of the highest quality—from manufacturing to delivery. In the past, barcode technology was commonly used to monitor an
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4/24/2012 1:00 PM
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Transportation costs of obesity - Connect Savannah.com
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Considered individually, the cost of hauling Joe and Mary Chub from point A to point B is relatively small, and in fact could have a positive socioeconomic impact if airlines were to wise up and charge by weight. From a macro perspective, however, we need to realize Americans collectively
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4/24/2012 11:08 AM
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Investigation of bus electronic tags sought - Manila Standard Today
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Two lawmakers have called for a congressional probe into the Land Transportation Office’s (LTO) proposed radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging for public utility buses to clarify opposing views from different transport sectors on the issue.
Cagayan de
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4/24/2012 10:00 AM
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Latvia praised as important US partner in cargo transportation to Afghanistan - Baltic Times
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Air Force Gen. William M. Fraser III (right), commander, U.S. Transportation Command, greets Aivis Ronis, Latvian Minister of Transport, during his recent visit to USTRANSCOM at Scott Air Force Base. Photo by Bob Fehringer.
RIGA During Transport Minister Aivis Ronis visit to the United States, the U.S. Transportation
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4/24/2012 9:05 AM
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Oracle Overhauls JD Edwards ERP Applications - InformationWeek
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Oracle announced Monday a long list of upgrades to its JD Edwards enterprise resource planning (ERP) portfolio, including productivity improvements, new industry-specific functionality, global compliance features, and a new self-service reporting module. And that list adds to a bunch of other JD Edwards upgrades of late.
"Weve delivered more
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4/24/2012 9:00 AM
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The New Procurement - Huffington Post (blog)
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Despite a slow growth global environment, a manufacturing renaissance is underway, abetted by a relatively weak dollar, the collapse of the price of natural gas, and most importantly efforts by manufacturing companies to be globally competitive. The results are greater productivity, dramatic increases in profits and a
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4/24/2012 8:02 AM
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