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Unprecedented Supply Chain Opportunities in the Gulf, But First, the Blockade Must End

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 · Michael Gravier
Unprecedented opportunities for supply chains exist in the Middle East, but greater diplomacy is needed.

Teaching Collaboration - Something that Should Be Learned If It Hasn’t Been

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 · James M. Baehr
With all this information you might believe that collaboration is easy. Yet, we know it's not.
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Many e-tail questions, few answers

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 · Robert C. Lieb
Online retailing is changing how consumers shop and how supply chains fill their orders. What that all means for the future is anyone's guess.
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To offshore or reshore? The battle of data points

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 · David Eriksson, Per Helletofth, Lisa M Ellram and Cinzia Sansone
An incomplete assessment of production costs led to the demise of an already efficient manufacturing plant in Sweden. Here's how total cost of ownership and other key data points could have saved not only the plant's production but also important manufacturing jobs.
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Is blockchain the missing link in the Halal supply chain?

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 · Albert Tan, Ph.D., associate professor in the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI).
The technology does indeed offer much promise as a solution to Halal traceability issues—providing a number of potential pitfalls can be overcome.
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Reverse logistics practices and organizational factors

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · Becky Partida, senior research specialist, supply chain management, APQC
Industry and annual revenue affects the extent to which organizations invest in returns management.
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A crisis is a terrible thing to waste

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · Balika Sonthalia and Michael Zimmerman
Sure, the logistics industry is in crisis but leading shippers recognize this as an opportunity to make bolder changes to secure capacity at reliable prices for the future.
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Modex 2018 Show Wrap Up

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · SCMR Staff
Modex 2018, April 9-12, covered more than 300,000 net square feet of exhibit space on two show floors at Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center with 900 exhibiting companies. The expo was co-located with the Georgia Logistics Summit. Here's a look at some of the…
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Top 50 Trucking: Carriers rev up for a hot freight market

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · John D. Schulz
The best of the best are planning big investments and more strategic operations geared to serve shippers in a roaring freight environment— one that's being driven by a booming economy and a tight labor market. Top Trucking Companies 2017
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Higher oil and fuel prices, increased volatility on tap for rest of 2018

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · Derik Andreoli, director of economic analysis and forecasting at Mercator International, LLC
Oil prices will continue to face upward pressure, and—perhaps even more importantly—oil prices will become even more sensitive to geopolitical disruptions.
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Industrial products forecasting needs sales input

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · Dr. Lapide, lecturer at the University of Massachusetts and an MIT Research Affiliate.
Sales organizations of industrial product companies typically play the most important role in creating and shaping demand—because customers are largely businesses to which they directly sell.
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New studies measure the benefits of the circular economy

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
The concept is conceived as a continuous positive development cycle that preserves and enhances natural capital, optimizes resource yields and minimizes system risks by managing finite stocks and renewable flows. Circular Economy study, Ellan Macarther foundation research…

Supply Chain Technology: It’s Not Just for Big Businesses Anymore, but is it Enough?

Monday, April 30, 2018 · Jon Slangerup
As digital transformation forces nearly every industry to re-examine its business practices, shippers of all sizes recognize the importance of an agile, digitized supply chain.

Bryant University’s Global Supply Chain Management Program Worth Noting

Friday, April 27, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
Supply Chain Management at Bryant University is gaining recognition in the industry

Industrial Real Estate Analysts Examine “Last Touch” in Supply Chain

Thursday, April 26, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
New research conducted by San Francisco-based Prologis, Inc. indicates that for industrial real estate customized for supply chain optimization remains in high demand.
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