By Patrick Burnson ·
April 26, 2018
IHS Markit and the Procurement Executives Group (PEG) report that the uncertainty regarding tariffs is behind the sudden increase in the costs associated with construction materials.
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 25, 2018
Manhattan Associates today announced updates to its Transportation Management System (TMS) designed to help supply chain managers run more efficient transportation operations.
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 16, 2018
In a post-MODEX interview Jon Slangerup, the CEO of the Atlanta-based 4PL, American Global Logistics, says that U.S. ports are finally keeping pace with technology-driven trends in other transport industries.
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 10, 2018
Tipati, a leading payables automation SaaS, today announced the complete integration of Tipalti’s purchase order (PO) matching and multi-entity capability with NetSuite,a global cloud ERP provider.
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 10, 2018
A new study conducted by Deloitte and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) indicates that while U.S. shippers are increasingly aware of the benefits of digital supply networks (DSNs), many “remain in the early phases” of adoption.
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 4, 2018
The Partnership for Supply Chain Management is working with One Network Enterprises to improve global health care
By Tom Dunlap ·
April 2, 2018
Product development engineers, manufacturers, even individual inventors need to prepare for the patent process because it is the only legal way to literally own exclusive rights to an invention.
By Christopher G. Caine and George Bailey ·
March 28, 2018
When a product or service becomes a big hit, the supply chain has a hard time catching up with demand. When a product or service does not sell, then supply chains tend to be slow to reduce cost.
By Mark Dohnalek ·
March 27, 2018
There are a wealth of manufacturing and supply chain partners both domestically and globally. Once your prototype has been tested and ready for production, there will be a wealth of potential manufacturing and supply chain companies to choose from.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 22, 2018
Redwood Software, a global “robotic enterprise” company specializing in supply chain efficiency, announced the launching of a new licensing model billing managers for only the services they consume.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 21, 2018
Multiple research efforts and the identification of best practice examples have shown that a transition towards the circular economy can bring
about the lasting benefits of more innovative, resilient and productive supply chains.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 20, 2018
Global freight indexes provided by the online freight marketplace Freightos are now available on Thomson Reuters flagship financial desktop product Eikon.
By James M. Baehr ·
March 16, 2018
There are numerous well-developed Procurement organizations doing progressive work across the scope of the discipline – from basic buying through Supplier Relationship Management.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 13, 2018
Logistics Trends & Insights LLC, an Atlanta, Georgia-based consultancy, is conducting its third “Evolving Freight Forwarding Survey, and invites SCMR readers to participate.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 13, 2018
The Tioga Group Inc. and World Class Logistics (WCL) Consulting Inc. presented the results of their evaluation of two potential alternatives to the current model used under the OffPeak program managed by PierPass. Since 2005, the OffPeak program has mitigated traffic congestion caused by port truck operations by enabling and encouraging the pickup and delivery of containers on weeknights or Saturdays.