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Chemistry World July 26, 2012 Andrew Turley	New US chemical rules edge nearer A political committee in the US has voted in favor of plans to change the way chemicals are regulated by shifting the burden of proving safety to manufacturers.
IndustryWeek April 20, 2011	Asian Manufacturers Consider Nearshoring, Too Even in Asia, manufacturers are adopting 'close to home' supply chain strategies.
CIO July 23, 2014 Tom Kaneshige	CIO-CMO Marriage Strained, But Can Be Saved Like any relationship, the one between CIOs and CMOs requires trust and empathy to succeed. According to research from Accenture, there's still a ways to go for the marriage to become a happy union.
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CRM July 1, 2005	The Pulse: How do Your Sales Force and Support Staff Interact? From a reader poll, a chart showing respondents' reporting chain for sales and support staff.
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InternetNews February 13, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	Perceptions of Trust Research reveals that a distinct gap exists between U.S. businesses and consumers regarding issues of privacy, trust, and how personal data is handled.
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HBS Working Knowledge April 5, 2004 Jonathan Byrnes	Fixing the Healthcare Supply Chain The paradox of healthcare supply chains is that they are the home of some of the best and worst practices in supply chain management. With limited hospital budgets, supply chain inefficiencies consume resources that could be used to bring important therapies into more widespread availability.
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IndustryWeek August 18, 2010	The New Supply Chain Agenda Subtitled "The Five Steps that Drive Real Value," this book by Reuben E. Sloane appears to be aimed at companies that are still on the fence about the value of supply chain management.
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Popular Mechanics July 2007 Erik Sofge	Stihl MS 280 C-BQ Chain Saw: Quick Thinker Chain-brake systems that stop the chain in response to blade kickback are now standard on nearly every saw, but Stihl's MS 280 C-BQ doesn't stop there.
Bank Systems & Technology August 11, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Financial Industry Most Cognizant of Need to Overhaul Risk Infrastructure An Accenture risk management survey illustrated that executives in all sectors realize they must remake their approaches to risk, especially financial industry executives.
Chemistry World August 22, 2011 Hepeng Jia	Chemical profits nibbled by oversupplies China's chemical industry experienced an 'unexpected' harvest in the first half of the year, although the good days might not last long due to the expected oversupplies which have long harassed the nation's chemical sector.
Chemistry World April 1, 2010 Hepeng Jia	China Updates Chemical Legislation After a seven-year delay, China has introduced an updated version of its chemical registration and evaluation rules, bringing the country in line with chemical regulation efforts in other parts of the world.
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