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ThomasNet’s Industry Market Barometer: Companies Confident in Growth
SMBs are investing across the supply chain in facilities, capital improvements, technology, staff and marketing

CEOs Pursue Business Opportunities Where Corporate and Societal Priorities Converge
CECP and Accenture identify five imperatives for driving Sustainable Value Creation

Public Sector Doubts over Potential Cost Savings Through Shared Services
Public agencies also worry about losing control of their key business operations with a move to shared services, Ovum study shows

3PLs Back to Sprinting in 2011
Panama Canal Expansion Driving Three Key Trends in U.S Logistics Sector
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Functions

Demand Management Trends

Study Shows Half of Organizations Report Demand Planning to Supply Chain
LifeWork Search tackles ongoing debate in the Supply Chain world
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Sourcing/Procurement Trends

CEOs Pursue Business Opportunities Where Corporate and Societal Priorities Converge
CECP and Accenture identify five imperatives for driving Sustainable Value Creation
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Fulfillment/Logistics Trends

Electronics Supply Chain to Fully Recover from Japan Disaster in Q3
IHS iSuppli report expects full shipments by early September for companies near epicenter
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Integration/ERP Trends

Public Sector Doubts over Potential Cost Savings Through Shared Services
Public agencies also worry about losing control of their key business operations with a move to shared services, Ovum study shows
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Payment Trends

A/R Professionals: Electronic Invoicing Makes Significant Strides, Economy Healthier
Accounts Receivable execs report using more electronic invoicing and less paper to expedite the collections process and believe the economy is improving, latest OB10-IARP survey shows
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Customer Relationship Management Trends

Dematic Expands Lifecycle Support Services
New capabilities and locations provide more customer service
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Decision Support Trends

CEOs Pursue Business Opportunities Where Corporate and Societal Priorities Converge
CECP and Accenture identify five imperatives for driving Sustainable Value Creation
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Product Lifecycle Management Trends

PLM in the PRC: Product Lifecycle Market Going Strong in China
CIMdata report shows heavy investments by aerospace, automotive, high-tech and mechanical machinery companies driving strong growth in China for global and domestic PLM solution providers
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Industry Trends

Auto/Aerospace Trends

Industry Viewpoint: Conflict Metals - Good Intentions Gone Tragically Bad
The view from IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries on the thorny supply chain challenge of preventing profits from minerals mined in the DRC from funding bloodshed and violence

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Consumer Trends

Industry Viewpoint: Conflict Metals - Good Intentions Gone Tragically Bad
The view from IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries on the thorny supply chain challenge of preventing profits from minerals mined in the DRC from funding bloodshed and violence

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Other Discrete Manufacturing Trends

Growth to Continue at Moderate Pace, but Manufacturing Recovery 'Solid'
GDP forecast from Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI shows manufacturing on track to outpace broader economy; growth projections lowered as high oil prices pose risk

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Process Manufacturing Trends

Growth to Continue at Moderate Pace, but Manufacturing Recovery 'Solid'
GDP forecast from Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI shows manufacturing on track to outpace broader economy; growth projections lowered as high oil prices pose risk

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Non-Manufacturing Trends

Open Source Innovation Increasingly Used to Promote Innovation in Pharma
Where IT industry led, pharmaceutical companies are starting to follow in adopting open source innovation to ramp up the drug discovery process and boost bottom lines, Frost & Sullivan reports

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Transportation/Logistics Trends

New Report Says Inland Port Space in Demand
Jones Lang LaSalle says inland logistics hubs to bring relief to seaports as cargo volumes increase

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Distribution/Wholesale Trends

Made in the USA, Again
Manufacturing expected to return to U.S. as China's rising labor costs erase most savings from offshoring; Boston Consulting Group sees U.S. 'Manufacturing Renaissance'

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Retail Trends

Reverse Logistics, Green Supply Chain
As consumer electronics trade-in programs gain steam, the reverse supply chain is gearing up to responsibly divert the rising stream of e-waste

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