Monday, December 16, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Trade ministers from 12 countries—including the US and Canada—failed to come to agreement at their final meeting in Singapore late last year on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Thursday, December 12, 2013 · Jeff Berman
Commerce reported that November retail sales at $432.3 billion were up 0.7 percent compared to October and up 4.7 percent compared to November 2012. NRF reported that November retail sales, which exclude autos, gas stations, and restaurants, were up 0.6 percent on a…
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 · Jeff Berman
As has been the case in its respective monthly manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports on business, continued growth remains in the cards for 2014, according to the December 2013 Semiannual Economic Forecast released this week by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
“Rethinking the Building Blocks of the Modern Supply Chain,” a recently-published white paper produced by E2open, posits the question: How do you manage demand you can’t predict with supply you don’t control?
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 · SCMR Staff
The Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates is calling for a positive end to 2013.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 · Rosemary Coates
Perhaps in our rush to take advantage of low cost manufacturing in China, we overlooked some of the costs.
Monday, December 9, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
According to the first Sage Mid-Market Business Index survey, American business confidence in the mid-market is the fifth highest in the world.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 · Jeff Berman
Despite seeing sequential declines for its key metrics, non-manufacturing activity again showed growth in November, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Japan’s 24 Hour Rule, the Advanced Filing Requirement (AFR), goes into effect on March 1, 2014 and the penalty phase will apply just 10 days later on March 10, 2014. This doesn’t leave much time for those who have not already begun the process of selecting a service…
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
While the Institute of Supply Management reports that economic activity in the manufacturing sector was strong for the sixth straight month, supply chain managers may still wish to examine this “exuberance,” say economists.
Monday, December 2, 2013 · Jeff Berman
The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure manufacturing activity, headed up 0.9 percent to 57.3 in November, which is now the new high for the PMI in 2013.
Monday, November 25, 2013 · Jeff Berman
Panjiva reported that U.S.-bound waterborne shipments in October—at 1,178,389—were up 2 percent compared to September and up 19 percent annually.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Fourteen consecutive quarters of declining vacancies in the warehouse sector highlight the U.S. industrial real estate market’s momentum through the third quarter of 2013, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
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