Friday, December 14, 2012 · SCMR Staff
IDC Manufacturing Insights recently hosted a series of webinars highlighting its Top 10 Predictions for for manufacturing and the supply chain in the year ahead.
Thursday, December 13, 2012 · Jeff Berman
Retail sales in November, which are typically viewed as the beginning of the holiday shopping season, showed a solid performance with annual and sequential gains, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
While Air cargo volumes have crept along at a snail’s pace during most of 2012. The year is apparently going to end without a push for last minute electronics and other higher value retail goods to fill the space on cargo planes to capacity.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
Weakening economic conditions in several key foreign markets and outright recessions in others led to mixed results for California exporters during October, according to an analysis by Beacon Economics of foreign trade data released this morning by the U.S. Commerce Department.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
While there were few surprises contained in ISM’s December 2012 Semiannual Economic Forecast, the overall findings suggest growth in the United States will continue in 2013
Monday, December 10, 2012 · Robert A Rudzki
BATNA stands for Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement. In a sense, it is your fallback position in the event the current negotiation does not succeed in achieving its objectives.
Monday, December 10, 2012 · Patrick Burnson
Even though the nation’s top ocean cargo gateways have been virtually shut down for several days this past month, retailers are reporting a slight increase in inbound throughput
Friday, December 7, 2012 · Jeff Berman
In an effort to expand into Canada, non asset-based third-party logistics (3PL) services provider Transplace said this week it has acquired Torus Freight Systems, a Richmond Hill, Ontario-based logistics services provider specializing in Canadian cross-border and intra-Canada…
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 · Jeff Berman
In its monthly Non-Manufacturing Report on Business, the ISM reported that the index it uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 54.7 percent in November, up 0.5 percent from October.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 · Jeff Berman
U.S.-bound waterborne shipments, which were up 9 percent and down 3 percent and 4 percent, respectively, in the previous three recorded months declined 10 percent from September to October, coming in at 988,255.
Monday, December 3, 2012 · Jeff Berman
The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure manufacturing activity, was 49.5 in November, which was down 2.2 percent from October’s 51.7.
Friday, November 30, 2012 · George Kokoris
Nearly 20 companies with innovative supply chain operations have entered into a new alliance with Indiana University's Kelley School of Business to create opportunities for faculty and students.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 · Lora Cecere
Material event after material event created a boardroom understanding of why Bricks Matter.
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