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Enhance the value of your supplier relationships

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 · Becky Partida, APQC
Appropriate sourcing business models enable flexibility and mutual benefits.

Air Cargo Options May Be Good Bet for Supply Chain Managers This Year

Tuesday, March 5, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
With the passing of last month's annual Air Forwarders Association conference in Las Vegas, we caught up with the AfA's executive director Brandon Freid for this exclusive interview which first appeared in our sister publication -- Logistics Management.

SCMR Interview: A Modern Supply Chain Needs to be Adaptive

Monday, March 4, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
It's important to understand why the original static supply chain has evolved into the modern, or digital, supply chain.

AlixPartners Study Urges Supply Chain Managers to Examine New Ocean Cargo Costs

Thursday, February 28, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Container-shipping industry needs to offset up to $10 billion in costs accompanying new international sulfur regulation, says AlixPartners study

Trucking Procurement Practices Shifting Gear

Thursday, February 28, 2019 · Ken Cottrill
From a shipper's perspective, 2018 was a tough year for procuring truckload transportation, as carriers gained the upper negotiating hand in a capacity-starved market.

CBRE Analysis Confirms E-Commerce and Warehouse Growth

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
E-commerce and logistics companies claimed a larger share of the 100 largest industrial-and-logistics leases signed in 2018 than they did a year earlier, underscoring the growing influence of those companies on U.S. warehouse construction, according to a new report from CBRE.

Accenture Collaborates to Increase the Sustainability and Fairness of Global Supply Chains

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Accenture is collaborating with Mastercard, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Everledger, and Mercy Corps to launch the circular supply chain capability, a blockchain-based solution designed to improve supply chain transparency by empowering consumers to directly reward sustainable…

U.S. Retailers Get Some Good News on Easing China Trade Tensions

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
As the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) convenes this week for its annual Retail Supply Chain Conference, shippers expressed relief that President Trump has called for a delay for increasing tariffs on Chinese Goods. Had the President made good on his threat, as much…

Accenture Weighs in on E-Commerce Supply Chain Challenges

Thursday, February 21, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Steve Osburn, Managing Director at Kurt Salmon – a part of Accenture Strategy specializing in Supply Chain. shares his insights and observations on e-commerce in this exclusive interview.

“Sustainability Transformation” Was Key Issue Addressed by Reverse Logistics Association

Monday, February 18, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Zachary S. Rogers Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at Colorado State University was among the speakers at the recently-concluded Reverse Logistics Association (RLA) conference in Las Vegas where shippers heard from a variety of industry experts on how to…

Planning for a Gas-Fueled Nation

Monday, February 18, 2019 · Lauren Sittler
America's energy portfolio has undergone drastic changes since the early 2000s. Innovations in drilling technologies have allowed states to tap into large underground shale reserves. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio have become prominent exporters of natural gas,…

NRF On The Current State of E-Commerce Supply Chains

Friday, February 15, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
The rapid growth of e-commerce is driving deep changes in our industry, from tightening up trucking capacity to elevating the importance of final-mile delivery processes. To respond, supply chain managers now need to leverage diverse systems, thereby making processes more…

Supply Chain Attorney Shares Top 10 Transportation Issues to Track

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 · Alycen A. Moss
Technological advances create new legal and insurance issues of today's supply chain manager. A legal expert shares a forecast.

U.S. Retailers Bracing for BREXIT

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
As the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) prepares for its annual Retail Supply Chain Conference later this month much talk is expected to be generated by global trade tensions and profound shifts in cross border dynamics.

Counterfeits Are Still A Major Problem

Monday, February 11, 2019 · Rosemary Coates
The counterfeiting problem is a multi-headed monster and it is growing
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