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Advantages of Basing Your Distribution Center in North Carolina

Kanban Logistics

North Carolina, the Tar Heel State. North Carolina is first in something else too: business. In this article, we’ll examine the business and logistics characteristics of the state and explore the advantages your operation can enjoy by locating your distribution centers in North Carolina.

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Why Can’t The Supply Chain Get Rid of Abuse?

Material Handling & Logistics

In 2010, 18 workers threw themselves from the top of the Chinese company’s building, resulting in 14 deaths. A report from Human Rights Watch in January found that even four years after it was learned that slaves in Asia were forced to work in this industry for years at a time under threat of extreme violence, it is still happening.

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SCRC Innovation and Social Responsibility Supply Index: A Critical Input to “Drucker Management Top 250 List”

NC State SCRC

companies,” the Wall Street Journal reported. Read the full report at The Wall Street Journal – [link] Additional links: Methodology for the Management Top 250 Company Rankings ( [link] ) and the Drucker Institute’s website [link]. The ranking “is based on an analysis of 37 data inputs provided by 12 third-party sources.

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ChannelAdvisor Being Acquired by CommerceHub

Multichannel Merchant

ChannelAdvisor reported 2021 revenue of $167.7 CommerceHub, which was acquired by Liberty Interactive in 2010, was spun out again in 2016. The deal, which will close later in the year subject to regulatory approvals, prices ChannelAdvisor shares at $23.10, a 50% premium over its closing price on Sept. 2 and equating to a $663.6

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The GMO War of Words

Enterra Insights

Williams told Freedman, “Biologists who point out health or other risks associated with GM crops — who merely report or defend experimental findings that imply there may be risks — find themselves the focus of vicious attacks on their credibility, which leads scientists who see problems with GM foods to keep quiet.”

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The Reshoring Initiative: 3 Reasons Why American Retailers Are Reshoring U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

GlobalTranz

After decades of jobs moving overseas, the tide has turned in favor of reshoring , reports the Reshoring Initiative in its latest annual report. added 77,000 jobs in 2016, with an additional 13,000 reported for the previous six years, for a total of 338,000 manufacturing jobs reshored since 2010.