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SELF19: The customer-centric supply chain

Friday, February 8, 2019 · Bob Trebilcock The shift is on from a focus on cost to the customer

What to Watch For on Your Global Product Development Journey

Friday, February 8, 2019 · Mark Dohnalek There are do's & don'ts to follow in every aspect of business. But when it comes to the journey from idea to product, it is essential to be prepared on your pathway toward success. Time, money, resources, knowledge, planning and protections all must be identified…

USC’s 7th Annual Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit to Focus on E-Commerce Complexity

Friday, February 8, 2019 · Patrick Burnson A former supply chain executive, Nick Vyas is the executive director and co-founder of the University of Southern California's Marshall Center for Global Supply Chain Management and assistant professor of clinical data sciences and operations. In this exclusive interview,…

SELF19: Tell better stories

Thursday, February 7, 2019 · Bob Trebilcock The focus in Las Vegas was on a quartet of end users who shared their distribution center experiences

Supply Chain Security: OpenChain Project Adds Microsoft as Platinum Member

Thursday, February 7, 2019 · Patrick Burnson The OpenChain Project, which is designed to build trust in open source by making open source license compliance simpler and more consistent, has announced that Microsoft has joined as a platinum member.

A Fresh Approach to Combatting the Food Desert Scourge

Thursday, February 7, 2019 · Ken Cottrill and Christopher Mejia Communities with limited access to sources of nutritional food – commonly called food deserts – represent a major health threat across the globe. Researchers at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) have identified an innovative approach to combatting…

Day 2 at the RLA

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 · Bob Trebilcock It's moving slow, but Big Data, AI and machine learning are beginning to impact reverse logistics.

The cornerstone of the circular economy is reverse logistics

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 · Bob Trebilcock Handling returns and reverse logistics was front and center at Day 1 of the Reverse Logistics Association annual conference.

Non-manufacturing output sees mild dip in January but remains on right side of growth, says ISM

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 · Jeff Berman The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI–dropped 1.3% to 56.7 in January compared to December's 58. This marks the 108th consecutive month of growth for the NMI, with the January NMI off 2% compared to the 12-month average of 58.7.

Luohan Academy Unveils Report on Digital Technology and Inclusive Growth

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 · Patrick Burnson The report “Digital Technology and Inclusive Growth” details why the benefits of the current digital revolution can be more evenly distributed than they were in previous technological revolutions.

JAGGAER Introduces the JAGGAER ONE Unified Platform to Address Spend Management

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 · SCMR Staff JAGGAER, a global independent spend management company, today announces the JAGGAER ONE Platform as the cornerstone of its spend management solutions suite.

Integrating Planning and Execution with Optimization

Monday, February 4, 2019 · SCMR Staff Hear how leading organizations are using the Big Data collected from the Internet of Things, machine learning, business intelligence, cognitive analytics and massive computing power to re-plan and optimize their supply chains in near real time.

Leadership and the Democratization of Supply Chains

Monday, February 4, 2019 · Michael Gravier Industry is shifting from “produce to compete” to “adapt to compete." To make this happen, the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are about to tap into the greatest untapped and neglected resource: the labor force!

January manufacturing output shows a bounce back compared to December, reports ISM

Friday, February 1, 2019 · Jeff Berman The report's key metric, the PMI, increased 2.3% to 56.3 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth). This follows a 5.2% decline to 54.3 in December. The index has now grown for 29 consecutive months, with the overall economy now having grown for 117 consecutive months.

Prologis Study Reveals New Pressures Facing E-Commerce Supply Chain Managers

Friday, February 1, 2019 · Patrick Burnson San Francisco-based Prologis released its fourth annual Logistics Rent Index recently, drawing on data from its' global portfolio and examines rental growth in critical logistics real estate markets throughout the world.