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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

Success

Blue Moon Fair Trade partners with three other fair-trade retailers to combine trans-Pacific shipments, saving all of them up to 40% in shipping and paperwork expenses. Results: As of 2018, there were 11 retailers within Minnehaha Mile proper. In 2013, I opened my retail store in a blighted commercial corridor.

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Is carbon counting really the answer for the office furniture industry?

Workplace Insight

As an example, a leading sports trainer manufacturer is now displaying carbon content labelling, rather like food retailers quote calories. Many manufacturers will state that materials contained within a particular product are 100% recyclable. This is probably true but how can these materials be segregated into waste streams?

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The Best AI Tools for Business and Productivity in 2024

Success

DataRobot DataRobot is a cloud-based platform that provides users with automated data preparation tools and algorithms for various industrial use cases, including banking, retail, health care and the manufacturing and public sectors. Summari Summari reads text for you and provides comprehensive summaries in practically no time.

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How to navigate the seismic shifts in workplace rules and roles in 2024

Work Life

The issues and opportunities that were created with that sudden transition are still with us today in the form of an employee population that wants to control where and how they work, and a pre-pandemic physical infrastructure that needs to operate seamlessly as a hybrid digital workplace.

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Crisis Management Essentials

Tanveer Naseer

On the one hand, a company has most control over the situation in the pre-crisis state. In the case of manufacturer this includes quality controls, in the case of an accounting firm or financial services a strong set of values. On the other hand, many crises originate in routine management decisions.

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9 ways to turn team challenges into opportunities

Work Life

Not only did we regain control over our project timelines, but we also saw a surge in productivity and morale among team members. The vendor was happy that we worked out a receiving plan to take and pay for the inventory, and our retailers were willing to put the product on the shelves because it was then seasonally on-brand.

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Consumer-Focused Approaches Won't Curb Health Care Spending

Inside Workplace Wellness

In the fourth quarter of last year, health care surpassed retail and manufacturing to become the largest source of jobs in the United States. Putting pressure in one area to control costs is like squeezing a balloon--it increases the cost somewhere else.