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WMS Selection: What Drives an Investment in a Warehouse Management System? 5 Considerations

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WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. A 2002 Material Handling and Logistics magazine article cited multiple problems with WMS implementation. Download white paper. Will It Keep Information Secure? Cybersecurity remains a vital aspect of WMS selection.

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Nearshoring & Reshoring Will Continue to Increase Thanks to these Main Benefits

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These recall counts point to sizeable growth over the past decade in the recall notices of Chinese-made consumer goods from 58 in 2002 to 153 in 2014. The trend towards reshoring and nearshoring will continue in 2016. The CPSC publishes online a listing of recalls by country or administrative area of manufacture and year.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

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Averting this outcome depends upon business leaders and government policymakers to actually implement measures to reverse the present trend. The misalignment between applicants' skills and the requisite skills for work in today's technologically advanced manufacturing industry are expected to leave these millions of jobs in the skills gap.