Thursday, November 19, 2015 · Vinod Bulusu and Haekyun Kim
After being caught off guard by a phenomenal increase in sales in 2013, a company in the auto battery replacement market wanted to improve the accuracy of its sales forecasts.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the improvements in safety that have resulted from strong partnerships among aviation stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean, and urged governments in the region to use this as a template for working together…
"It's just not fair!" How many times have your kids said that to you? Or, how many times have you heard that from a colleague describing collaborative supply chain relationships?
Commerce reported that October retail sales at $447.3 billion were up 0.1 percent compared to October and up 1.7 percent annually, and NRF reported that October retail sales, which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants, were up 3.1 percent annually and up 0.3…
Many companies have made continuous improvement in functions part of the fabric of their daily operations and have moved on to focus on true cross-functional alignment and capability-building.
Changes in customer behavior are set to disrupt businesses in all industries over the next five years. Yet, most company operations are not designed to deliver what customers value – now or three years from now.
For the third straight year, Armstrong & Associates, Inc. convened its Annual 3PL Value Creation Summit in Chicago recently to identify key global industry trends.
Sunday, November 8, 2015 · David South and Yves Leclerc
Research from West Monroe Partners finds that half of North American supply chain executives consider green supply chain a strategic priority. At the same time, many organizations are struggling to define what sustainability means for their supply chains. What should you do next?
While some may think that sustainability has stalled, EDF argues that publicly declaring-science based goals and leveraging sustainability across supply chains is becoming the new business model for powerful companies.
Even with the fourth mild sequential decline in a row, manufacturing in October still showed growth, according to the most recent edition of the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Manufacturing Report on Business.
Supply chain managers attending the annual Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco today learned that t a record number of the company's partners are extending their opportunities and revenue potential in the cloud.
Coming off of August, which saw both sequential and annual gains ahead of July, September shipments faltered, with total shipments at 913,757 down 8 percent compared to August and down 4 percent annually.
Monday, October 26, 2015 · Axel Barbará and Tomás Dominguez Molet
Companies often group inventory items into classes in order to manage them more efficiently. Managers routinely use these clusters or segmentations in their inventory replenishment planning decisions. However, as companies grow and their operations expand, these…
With highly volatile freight rates and oil prices, the freight forwarding market is undergoing structural changes and an uncertain global economic situation means that forwarders need to be attuned and responsive to macro-trends.
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