Tuesday, May 19, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
A consortium of international risk management experts recently announced the launch of Hostile Environment Liability Protection (HELP), a risk mitigation, crisis response and insurance program.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
More than one-quarter of professionals (28.9 percent) say their organizations experienced supply chain fraud, waste or abuse during the past 12 months
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 · Bob Trebilcock
Manufacturing, transportation, and distribution are changing before our eyes. While organizations try to figure out what change means to their organizations, its important to remember that the physical movement of goods isn't going way.
Monday, May 18, 2015 · Josh Bond
New service helps employees explore opportunities and employers scan resumes or post open positions to 135,000+ monthly visitors.
Sunday, May 17, 2015 · Bob Trebilcock
Supply chain management is evolving from a series of sequential links in the chain to a supply network. That may impact how the warehouse of the future operates.
Thursday, May 14, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
While the reshoring of auto manufacturing will have a much greater impact on the Mexican manufacturing sector, it will have long-term material effect on the U.S. distribution and logistics business, say analysts.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 · Jeff Berman
Very modest gains in retail sales remained the norm, according to data for the month of April issued today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
With 10.8 percent annual growth, supply chain management (SCM) and procurement applications outpaced most software markets to total $9.9 billion in 2014, according to Gartner, Inc.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
Recently, some prominent buyers' brands have been damaged because their suppliers caused major harm to workers or the environment, e.g., through a deadly factory fire or release of toxic chemicals. How can buyers motivate suppliers to exert greater care to prevent such harm?
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
The air cargo industry is on a “solid but unspectacular growth trend,” notes The International Air Transport Association (IATA). More worrying however, is that there is little evidence today that would point towards an acceleration as the year goes on.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 · Bob Trebilcock
The new dimensional weight rating for parcel shipments is a revenue win for carriers. But, we could all win if we sent them smaller packages. .
Monday, May 11, 2015 · Tony Christian
Recent developments in PLM technology have substantially increased the potential for sharing of product data throughout the extended enterprise. As a result, accurate, up-to-date product information can be made available right across the supply chain.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 · Bob Trebilcock
Procurement is being asked to innovate and transform its processes. But the profession is still measured on cost reduction. Can we have it all?
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