THE DEFINING QUALITIES OF A 360 LEADER-BY DR. JOHN MAXWELL

July 11, 2011

Adaptability – Quickly adjusts to change Leaders in the middle may not be the first to know, but they are often the ones in charge of implementation. Adaptable managers in the middle are willing to embrace a change operationally even if they are not yet ready to do so emotionally.   Discernment – Understands the [...]

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Renewable Energy

June 8, 2011

Wind could meet half the world’s power needs A newly released academic study claims that the installation of 3.8 million 5MW wind turbines could generate half the world’s power needs by 2030.  Wind accounts for 17% of new power in 2010 Nearly 9.3GW of new wind power capacity was installed in 2010, according to the [...]

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How to profit from e-Marketing

May 30, 2011

On the 10 of March 2009 the daily headline on ITWeb was the article called “Crisis sparks e-marketing boom”. This makes many marketers in an uncertain market ask a very good question: will e-marketing deliver results? It has already been established that e-marketing, or in simple words marketing online, is cheaper in more ways than [...]

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Social Networking

May 17, 2011

Freight executives are increasingly making use of social networking opportunities such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to network, communicate and debate topics with other key decision-makers in the industry. As part of our continuing commitment to delivering the most relevant freight and logistics stories, IFW has harnessed the power of Facebook and launched its very [...]

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Social Networking

April 8, 2011

Freight executives are increasingly making use of social networking opportunities such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to network, communicate and debate topics with other key decision-makers in the industry. As part of our continuing commitment to delivering the most relevant freight and logistics stories, IFW has harnessed the power of Facebook and launched its very [...]

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CIVETS Anyone? That’s the Acronym for the Latest Batch of Hot, Emerging World Markets.

April 7, 2011

Knowledge at Wharton | January 24, 2011 Building on the foundation of the well-known BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — a new set of up-and-coming emerging markets is gaining attention. The so-called “CIVETS” countries — Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa – are now touted as hot markets because they have [...]

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URGENT! – ATTENTION ALL EXPORTERS TO ZAMBIA

April 4, 2011

On 1 May 2011, Zambia will officially implement a Pre-Export Verification of Conformity (PVOC) to Standards Programme, which will see the majority of imports into the country having to be inspected prior to arriving in the country.  Bureau Veritas has been appointed by the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) Authorities to implement the PVOC Programme [...]

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OK, It’s Time for the Transportation Industry to Start Innovating

April 1, 2011

American Shipper | February 01, 2011 Now that the clouds of economic doom and gloom are showing signs of lifting, the liner shipping industry — carriers, shippers and fourth-party logistics providers included — have the opportunity to shift from survival mode to driving innovation and true competition into the business. Numerous firms spent the past two [...]

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Is Anyone in Charge – Who’s Managing the Risks?

March 22, 2011

By Supply Chain Brain Analyst Insight: Most companies fail to take a holistic approach to supply chain risk management. Individual functions do address some of their own risks in isolation, but typically there is no high-level executive with the charter and power to create and drive an integrated approach to managing supply chain risk. –Bill [...]

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Best Practices in Global Logistics

March 14, 2011

By JDA Software Group http://www.jda.com  The modern business landscape is marked by increasing levels of global sourcing – particularly from low-cost countries. While many companies across a variety of industries achieve cost savings through this sourcing strategy, the benefits are often offset by complexities associated with global logistics management. Even though total supply chain costs [...]

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