Recent Articles
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How to wreck a warehousing business
Ken Ackerman Distribution & WarehousingCompared to most businesses, the distribution industry is reasonably stable. New enterprises frequently are launched, and older companies constantly disappear. However, in most cases, the cause of disappearance is a corporate buyout, rather than a catastrophic failure.
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Tanya always forgets. What’s wrong with her?
Howard Margolis EducationOn Friday, Tanya's teacher sighed sorrowfully, "Tanya forgot all six sight words she knew on Monday. I spent 30 solid minutes teaching them to her. This always happens. What's wrong with her?" What's wrong? Maybe nothing. Maybe she just needs the right kind of practice.
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MES helps manufacturers get great quality every time
Alan Kelsky ManufacturingWouldn't it be nice if the project manager of a newly redesigned product that is a best seller of the company could push a few buttons and find out a wealth of information about the product? Unfortunately, the system in many plants today for getting this information has the project manager walk all over the factory to find out the answers to these questions.
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Innovative medical plastic applications breaking into new areas
Don Rosato EngineeringThe U.S. market for the medical sector is the largest and most sophisticated in the world. As a rule of thumb, the U.S. medical device market and most of its segments represent about half of the world market (the European market representing 25 percent).
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Buying this 1983 SC Targa was a great decision
Michael G. Horton Transportation Technology & AutomotiveI had always been a big Healey fan. Coming back to the San Francisco Bay area in 1999 after a three-year assignment overseas, I decided to look for number five. However, when my wife and I got to the agency where a 1967 BJ8 was advertised, it had already been sold. I was ready to head for home when my wife called me over to look at a Porsche at the back of the showroom.
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The end of sequestration? Better known as negotiation
Lauren Swan Civil & GovernmentGood news, America. We may see an end soon to the self-imposed federal spending restrictions known as sequestration. The spending cuts began March 1, 2013, after a long, heated budget battle in Congress and have stayed in place since. With the economy finally on the mend, President Barack Obama recently announced that he wants to bring about the end of sequestration and exceed current federal spending caps by about $74 billion.
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Can school districts regulate what educators say on social media?
Bambi Majumdar EducationThe raging social media debate across the country — about inappropriate conduct between teachers and students — is driving school districts to set stringent rules for educators. Along with protecting students from irreparable emotional or other damages, there is also an increasing concern about the damage these actions could do the positive and needful online communication between the two groups.
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Divorce can be ugly — for employers, too
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementNo one ever sets out getting a divorce as a life goal. Unfortunately, though, divorce becomes a reality for an alarming number of married couples. While divorce can be emotionally devastating for the individuals involved, it can also end up interfering with their jobs. This article will outline nine ways that employers can be affected by the divorces of their employees.
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Thoughts on ordering, stocking, dispensing thousand-dollar pills
Jason Poquette PharmaceuticalA lot of talk has been going around about how health plans are figuring out which HCV treatment they will place on their preferred formulary. AbbVie and Gilead have been throwing punches, trying to muscle their way into more market share.
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The environmental benefits of LED lighting
Piyush Bakshi Waste Management & EnvironmentalLight bulbs that use LED technology not only bring down your energy bills but are also more environmentally friendly when compared to incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent lights (CFLs). Both the manufacture and use of LED bulbs causes less damage to the environment than the other two alternatives.