By Patrick Burnson ·
March 26, 2019
As Navis World gets underway in San Francisco for its 12th biennial user conference, global shippers reliant on oceanborne cargo will be provided with insights on industry trends, operational best practices and the most advanced technologies being used today to optimize terminal and supply chain processes.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 25, 2019
Supply chain risk management company Resilience360 has released its first annual Risk Report, which outlines the Top 10 Supply Chain Risks for 2019— a summary of threats that deserve particular attention during 2019 and beyond.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 22, 2019
Given the uncertainty in U.S. trade policy, making plans for doing business in the Asia Pacific region has been daunting lately for supply chain managers. In this first installment of a two-part interview with Nathan Roost, EY Asia-Pacific Supply Chain Solutions & Manufacturing Practice Leader, we try to provide a few transactional tips.
By MMH Staff ·
March 21, 2019
'Disaster game plan' contains important tips, a brief view of ALAN activities, and key information about how to stay engaged and informed.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 20, 2019
Digital transformation is making it easier for procurement organizations to “do more with less,” according to newly-released Procurement Key Issues research from The Hackett Group, Inc.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 20, 2019
Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced that it is rebranding its GT Nexus supply chain network as Infor Nexus, as it “digitally reinvents” the way supply chains execute and use data and intelligence to be more “customer-centric.”
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 19, 2019
With the postponement of a meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping to sign an agreement to end their trade war, shippers may be able to buy a little more time to realign their supply chains.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 19, 2019
Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation and the provider of operational technologies and services that unlock greater performance and efficiency for the world’s leading organizations across the shipping supply chain.
By Jim Baehr ·
March 19, 2019
Technology will be key to maintaining a competitive advantage in tomorrow’s supply chains
By Mark Dohnalek ·
March 18, 2019
Running behind or being over-budget are the two most common issues facing product development teams. When one or both happen, too often manufacturing managers and supply chain supervisors try to fix this the same way they fix other problems.
By Rosemary Coates ·
March 12, 2019
The government of China is now assigning a social credit score to each of its citizens in an attempt to monitor and encourage good behavior. According to the "social credit system," first announced in 2014, the intent is to reinforce the idea that "keeping trust is glorious and breaking trust is disgraceful," and “to establish and complete a social credit system, commend sincerity, and punish insincerity.”
By MMH Staff ·
March 11, 2019
Both groups agree on common metrics like cost to serve, ship-to-delivery times and order-to-ship time, but disagree on usage of available resources.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 11, 2019
Two executives from Descartes – an import/export trade database provider – recently shared their views on the current state of air cargo. Scott Sangster, Vice President, Global Logistics Network and Jos Nuijten, Vice President, Network Integration Strategy, participate in this exclusive SCMR interview.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 11, 2019
As we enter the third month of 2019, here are a few management updates to consider.
By Xu (Tony) Li ·
March 8, 2019
The problem investigated by the researchers is that the manufacturer’s retailer customers were experiencing frequent OOS events at their DCs.