Oracle has recently collaborated with CargoSmart in what it is calling a “significant milestone” in forming the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) blockchain consortium.
The only way to succeed is to be adaptable and prepared with alternatives in designs, teams, and realignments all within timeframes, budgeting, testing, partner selection and more.
Commerce reported the July retail sales, at $523.5 billion, were up 0.7% over June and up 3.4% annually, and the NRF reported that July retail sales increased 0.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis and 5.6% on an unadjusted annual basis.
Monday, August 12, 2019 · Josué C. Velázquez-Martínez, Karla M. Gámez-Pérez, and Ken Cottrill
The recent announcement by UPS that it will start delivering packages on Sundays next year is another sign of the inexorable growth of e-commerce – and the number of delivery trucks on the roads. More vehicles equal more fuel consumed and more CO2 emitted, increasing the…
While many Australian companies have opened new opportunities by moving to global supply chains, few have mapped the vulnerabilities surrounding them. They don't fully understand the economic, legal and reputational risks they're now exposed to.
We live in an age of disruption…or we live in a dynamic global economy. It all depends on how you look at it. Either way, the one thing every business needs to accept is that cloud strategy is not a coincidence and disruptions can be mitigated with sound cloud strategies and…
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—fell 1.4% to 53.7 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring) in July. This reading represents the 114th consecutive month of NMI growth, with July's NMI down 3.9% compared to the…
IBM and Chainyard today announced Trust Your Supplier (TYS), a new blockchain network designed to improve supplier qualification, validation, onboarding and life cycle information management.
The UN estimates that by 2050, 68% of the world's population will live in urban areas. That is an additional 2.5 billion people. This increases the size, scope, and complexity of our response and recovery efforts.
The report's key metric, the PMI, fell 0.5% to 51.2 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), coming on the heels of 0.4%, 0.7%, and 2.7% declines in June, May, and April, respectively.
While volatile U.S. trade policies had pushed imports forward in 2018, utilization of warehouses has stabilized this year and new supply is coming online.
Digital transformation has disrupted different industries and commercial activities, including supply chain finance
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