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KK Fine Foods’ Beats Waste, Boosts Profits With ERP
KK Fine Foods (Northhampton, U.K.), one of the largest U.K. manufacturers of frozen convenience foods, has experienced a 54% rise in profits and a 15% drop in product wastage since 2003, following the implementation of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system from Ross Systems (Atlanta), a division of CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corp. (Atlanta). Read more

Automotive Hybrid Group Adds Fuel Cell Developer
Hydrogenics, a provider of hydrogen and fuel cell products is the newest member of The Plug-In Hybrid Development Consortium, which consists of automotive manufacturers, suppliers and other organizations who have joined together with the goal of accelerating the commercial production of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Read more

Study Ranks Quality Of Life in Metros With Active Military Installations
While traditional military quality of life studies have tended to focus on life on the installation, that’s not where most of service members and their families live. Read more

Maxpro Opens West Coast Distribution Center
Maxpro Technologies has opened a distribution center in Santa Ana, Calif., to serve California, Southern Utah and Arizona. Read more


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David Blanchard's Chain Reactions: Looking Outside Your Four Walls For Help
"Here's a quick "how do you do it?" list of suggestions for companies who know they have supply chain problems but aren't sure if going the 3PL route is the right answer. "
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Manufacturing Talk: Recession Looming?
"This can be seen from the Retail Sales chart below copied from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis report ..."
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Mike Evans' Economic Outlook: The Cape Cod Blues
"Cape Cod (technically Barnstable County, MA) doesn't lead the nation in very much. But right now it is leading it in the wrong direction in one important category -- housing sales."
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