Monday, February 12, 2018 · SCMR Staff
In a complex supply chain, every player has its own agenda. But this lack of alignment and supply chain visibility creates costly inefficiencies and slows responses to the market. In this webinar we'll explore how a Supply Chain Advocate with an independent, holistic view…
Friday, February 9, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
San Francisco-based Prologis released its third annual Logistics Rent Index recently, drawing on data from Prologis' global portfolio and examines rental growth in critical logistics real estate markets throughout the world.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
With the flourishing of e-commerce, product returns have become even more nettlesome for today's global supply chain managers. At the same time, however, new revenue streams are being created in the 3pl and warehousing sectors.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 · Michael Gravier
There are early signs that there might finally be some movement toward addressing infrastructure investment in this country. Yet even in the best case – that funding is fixed in the next few months – infrastructure won't improve anytime soon.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
Logistic and supply chain giants DP World Australia and DB Schenker have announced the creation of a consortium, facilitated by blockchain startup TBSx3, using blockchain technology.
Monday, February 5, 2018 · Jeff Berman
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI––headed up 3.9% to 59.9 (a reading above 50 indicates growth) in January to a new all-time high. This reading indicates non-manufacturing growth has now been intact for 96 consecutive months, with…
Monday, February 5, 2018 · Mark Dohnalek
Demographics in our workforce are changing. Baby boomers are walking out our doors into retirement and Millennials are walking in for what could be 40 years in our industry.
Monday, February 5, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
The International Air Transport Association recently released full-year 2017 data for global air freight markets showing that global demand grew by 9.0%. This was more than double the 3.6% annual growth recorded in 2016.
Thursday, February 1, 2018 · Jeff Berman
The report's key metric, known as the PMI, was 59.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth) in January, which was down 0.2% from December's reading. This marks the 17th straight month that the PMI has grown, with the overall economy growing for the 104th…
Thursday, February 1, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
Oracle ended its Modern Supply Chain Experience (MSCE) event in San Jose, CA by announcing that Office Depot, Inc. selected Oracle Cloud Applications to modernize its IT systems and transform its business processes to meet the demands of today's digital economy.
Thursday, February 1, 2018 · Milos Milenkovic, Research Fellow at ZLC
A hyper-connected network of logistics clusters could play a key role in achieving the European Union's goal of creating a sustainable, more efficient freight transportation system.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and IBM today announced their collaboration on a multi-year digitization initiative to transform the port's operational environment using Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the cloud to benefit the port and its stakeholders.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 · Rosemary Coates
This year, we again expect to see several enormous Chinese IPOs including Didi Chuxing (ride sharing with 450 million users), Meituan-Dianping (group discounting), and Xiaomi (smart phones and laptops), among others.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 · SCMR Staff
Organizations that leverage Intelligent Operations to make decisions and act in real-time will be best placed to thrive in the future, according to a new report from HfS Research and Accenture.
Monday, January 29, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), recently released its list of top policy priorities for 2018 ahead of President Trump's annual State of the Union Address.
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