Monday, May 2, 2022 · Tan Miller
Buy now/pay later is one of the hottest trends in marketing, creating new sales for organizations. It’s also creating headaches for supply chain professionals from procurement to operations.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 · Aaron Benningfield
In evaluating Cryptocurrencies, we have provided a basic definition of key tenets of both leading blockchain technologies.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 · Mark Trowbridge
We all want to conserve working capital by extending payments. But here are five ways procurement can save money while paying suppliers.
Monday, June 29, 2020 · Larry Lapide
This Insights column is the second of a two-part series. It deals with lessons learned from selling and surviving in an organization living through the realities of a “bad news” annual budget—and its corresponding forecasts and plans.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 · Kai Hoberg and Knut Alicke
For many supply chain executives, the Financial Crisis was one of the toughest challenges of their careers. Firms across industries were required to deal with huge demand-supply mismatches caused by collapsing demand. However, the supply chain community found innovative ways…
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 · Bridget McCrea
As supply chain financing evolves, and as more financial companies take an interest, these seven trends will be driving the sector over the coming year.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
“The rising tensions have made it more difficult to start moving away from the "easy money" policies introduced at the beginning of the Great Recession."
Thursday, July 19, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
The 1000 largest non-financial companies in the U.S. significantly improved their ability to generate cash in 2017, producing the strongest working capital performance since 2008, noted The Hackett Group in a recent survey. But their ability to collect from customers and…
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 · Bridget McCrea
The evolving supply chain finance sector is making it easier for suppliers and buyers to work out their own win-win financial arrangements.
Thursday, November 2, 2017 · Balika Sonthalia and Sean Monahan
Crowdsourced network design can transform logistics costs. The ray of sunshine is an innovative approach to logistics network design that benefits both shippers and suppliers. Known as crowdsourced network optimization, it builds on traditional optimization, taking it further…
Thursday, June 8, 2017 · Patrick Burnson
Maersk Line has introduced a new service for supply chain managers seeking to finance their global trade while optimizing carrier service.
Friday, May 5, 2017 · Ryan Fernandes and Lisa M. Ellram
Too often, working capital pressures roll over supplier relationships without regard for what happens to supply chain risk. But now that new supply chain financing tools and techniques are proliferating, companies have a fresh chance to implement a coherent business strategy…
Monday, March 6, 2017 · Bridget McCrea
Unlocking the hidden financial value in a global supply chain isn't always easy, but the opportunity exists for companies that want to work together for the greater good.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 · Andrew Lubin
Xeneta tracks actual container rates of 20', 40' and hi-cube boxes on some 60,000+ shipping lanes worldwide, thereby enabling their clients to use the rate information to make informed decisions in both their spot and contract rate negotiations.
Monday, October 3, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Global commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield released its latest U.S. Macro Forecast, confirming that the economy weathered rough headwinds in the first half of 2016.
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