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For those who've been pondering the problem of how to keep goods and supplies flowing when disaster strikes, a tip sheet from software specialist Manhattan Associates may offer some help.
As manufacturing, and increasingly, service industries move forward with their searches for the lowest-cost places to do business, many of those who perceive themselves as victims of globalization have begun to push back.
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