Wednesday, May 22, 2019 · Marcin Fic
Globalization drove worldwide economic growth for decades by increasing offshore manufacturing, while spurring low shipping costs, free trade and cheap labor. However, more recently, a substantial shift is being made toward regionalized supply chains, due to higher wages,…
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 · Rosemary Coates
The U.S. relationship with China has been changed forever. We are unlikely to ever go back to the hay days of sourcing and manufacturing there.
Monday, May 20, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
While Gartner, Inc. recognized “unconventional, innovative and high-impact supply chain initiatives” at its recently concluded Supply Chain Executive Conference, blockchain was conspicuous by its absence.
Monday, May 20, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Among the most anticipated announcements coming from last week's Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, AZ, was the annual “Supply Chain Top 25,” which identifies and highlights industry leaders.
Friday, May 17, 2019 · SCMR Staff
The infographic below presents three levels of collaboration organizations can adopt based on their needs and familiarity with collaboration.
Thursday, May 16, 2019 · Lidia Yan
Even with new technologies, the trucking industry needs proactive changes to turn things around on the labor front. We need to take proactively expand the pool of drivers, which currently is 94 percent male and aging.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 · Mark Dohnalek
Manufacturers, product development firms and supply chain partners must accept, embrace and utilize IoT, digital analytics, and AI to stay relevant and grow.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 · LM Staff
Commerce reported that April retail sales, at $513.4 billion, fell 0.2% compared to March and were up 3.1% annually. NRF said that April retail sales were down 0.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis and up 5.2% annually on an unadjusted basis.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Fraxion, a cloud-based procure-to-pay solution for business spend management, recently launched in North America following its merger with eRequester, with eRequester, a U.S. based e-procurement software suite provider.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 · APQC
APQC and Supply Chain Management Review collected information in April 2019 from supply chain professionals about the use of Big Data & Advanced Analytics in supply chains around the world.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
The second annual joint survey of supply chain executives from JDA Software, Inc. and KPMG LLP (KPMG) details the key innovation investments across retail, manufacturing and logistics in 2019.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
One of the highlights of this week's Gartner Supply Chain Executive Summit was the IBM launch of its Business Transactional Intelligence (BTI) solution.
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