Friday, September 9, 2016 · Jeff Berman
The industrial real estate market remains in a strong position for various reasons, according to the Second Quarter Industrial Outlook report from commercial real estate firm JLL.
Friday, September 9, 2016 · Jeff Berman
Oracle said this week it has acquired LogFire, an Atlanta-based provider of Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud-based, Warehouse Management Systems in an effort to complement its Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud suite.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 · Andrew Lubin
It's a new and ugly world in international trade today. Hanjin Shipping's receivership and bankruptcy filing suddenly exposed how flimsy is the world of shipping alliances and just-in-time supply chain management.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 · Michael Gravier
While Zika continues to dominate the news in the U.S., it's recently been put under the microscope when it comes to its impact on the global supply chain.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 · Jeff Berman
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 51.4 (a level of 50 or higher indicates growth) in August, which was down 4.1 percent from July.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 · SCMR Staff
Rick Mettetel, vice president, global forwarding for C.H. Robinson, recently shared insights with our readers on current state of third party logistics.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 · John D. Schulz
Shippers are benefiting from temporary excess capacity in the truckload market, but analysts say this condition is temporary. The driver situation, increasing regulations, and inventory sell-offs all point to a tighter capacity situation in 2017 and beyond. State of…
Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Nancy Nix and Dana Stiffler
In today's competitive environment, it only makes sense to advance women into senior leadership roles to fuel supply chain innovation, close the talent gap and improve business performance. Based on the “Women in Supply Chain Survey” from Gartner and AWESOME, progress…
Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Eva Ponce-Cueto and James B. Rice Jr.
What benefits do companies gain from Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)? The obvious one is a better-educated workforce, but how does this translate into making enterprises more competitive and profitable?
Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Kai Hoberg and Knut Alicke
The new technologies behind Supply Chain 4.0 not only increase efficiency, they may also deliver huge benefits to the customer. Here's how supply chain managers can leverage SC 4.0 to create game-changing customer experiences—and benefit as well.
Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Violetka Dirlea, Harris Ng, Marco Gutiérrez and Brendan See
The larger and more complex a supply chain becomes, the greater its potential to under-perform.
Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Jeff Berman
The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure growth, was 49.4 in August, which was down 3.2% compared to July for its first decline going back to February's 49.5. August's PMI is 0.8% below the 12-month average of 50.2. And the ISM said that the over all economy…
Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Shawn Tay
Everyone's talking about analytics, but supply chain managers want to know if they can drive innovation in their operations. HP's analytics team explains how.
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