Monday, February 1, 2016 · Jeff Berman
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) says that manufacturing activity again contracted for the fourth straight month.
Monday, February 1, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Shippers attending Oracle's “Modern Supply Chain Experience” conference last week learned that progress is being made on the mandated Export Control Reform effort despite a few hiccups.
Monday, February 1, 2016 · Tony Cragg and Tom McNamara
Companies such as Wal-Mart, Nike and Dell led the way in using technology to optimize the integration of materials movement between firms. Flows of information served to improve physical flows.
Thursday, January 28, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Supply Chain managers may expect more of the same when the next Manufacturing ISM Report On Business featuring the January 2016 data will be released on Monday, February 1.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 · Jaspar Siu and Santosh Stephen
Companies are generally aware of the importance of building resilience into their supply chains, but often find it difficult to actually quantify this increasingly important characteristic.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Ocean shipping experts agree that the implementation of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) verified gross mass (VGM) regulations will add yet more complexity to the troubled global ocean container industry.
Monday, January 25, 2016 · Jeff Berman
Various global economic concerns and trends made their presence felt in both North America and Europe, according to the most recent edition of the “Global Trade Pulse” from global maritime and trade consultancy Hackett Associates.
Monday, January 25, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The first book of its kind, Legal Blacksmith explains how to optimize supply chain relationships, starting with the first stages of supplier-buyer relationships through handling legal disputes when supply chain relationships fail.
Saturday, January 23, 2016 · Bob Trebilcock
The controversy over reshoring has flared up again thanks largely to some research published by the managing consulting firm A. T. Kearney in December 2015.
Friday, January 22, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Following up on last fall's successful campaign to include a port performance statistics program in the federal long-term surface transportation bill, the National Retail Federations is leading a coalition of more than 100 groups in sending specific recommendations to the…
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 · Bob Trebilcock
Why do so many companies struggle to get S&OP right? It could be that they're investing in the wrong things.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 · Jeff Berman
Full-year 2015 shipments––at 10,844,363––were up 0.14 percent annually which Panjiva said was much lower than previous years, when U.S. imports showed strong annual growth at a time when the economy was still recovering from a shipment drop that was intact throughout…
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 · SCMR Staff
Within the Fisher College of Business, the Marketing & Logistics Department prepares both graduate and undergraduate students to take on jobs at international companies in the logistics sector.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
IHS Global Insight expects growth in China to slow to 6.3% in 2016, fueled by modestly lower industrial growth and a larger deceleration in services.
Friday, January 15, 2016 · Ryan Belcher
On the heels of the historic climate agreement signed in Paris by nearly 200 nations in December, climate change has been increasingly on the minds of procurement executives of Fortune 1000 companies.
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