A recent Logistics Management readership survey comprised of feedback from around 90 buyers of domestic and global freight transportation and logistics services showed that preparation and planning for an event such as Tropical Storm Harvey, from an emergency preparedness…
Mollie Bailey, Director, International, LCB, at Transplace, provides SCMR readers with insights and advice on how to leverage the new ocean cargo carrier scenario in this exclusive interview.
As online retail grows, retailers have to leverage every new touchpoint in the delivery process in order to continuously build customer loyalty. One of the touchpoints that doesn't get as much attention as the others is the returns process.
Plante Moran and the Reshoring Initiative will jointly launch the pivotal U.S. Manufacturing Reshoring Study. Both organizations encourage businesses to participate in the study's survey. Responses will provide valuable insights into how much manufacturers offshore, what…
Although it may be too early to collect any data from this second major hurricane in three weeks, Noel Perry, Partner at FTR and Senior Economist for Truckstop.com says the impact will be significant.
This webinar introduces a new framework to help supply chain leaders put structure around essential performance drivers like resource management and investment, as well as talent development.
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) in the U.S. are faced with twin pressures for change, say industry analysts, who note that new bilateral agreements and ecommerce deals are reconfiguring the global marketplace.
Manhattan Associates, Inc. recently announced new additions to its Transportation Management System (TMS) to allow shippers to fully utilize the transportation market's sharing economy.
Pitney Bowes recently announced a 48 percent increase in global parcel volume over the last two years, as reported by its second annual Parcel Shipping Index.
Friday, September 1, 2017 · Stan Aronow, Jim Romano and Kimberly Nilles
In 2017, Gartner unveiled the 13th annual global Supply Chain Top 25, identifying supply chain leaders and highlighting their best practices for heads of supply chain and strategy organizations.
Friday, September 1, 2017 · Jennifer Daniels, Joe Tillman, Bob Trebilcock and Judd Aschenbrand
Forget the stereotypes you've heard about Millennials in the workplace. New research from SCMR, APICS and APQC finds that the next generation is engaged and enthused about careers in supply chain management.
Today's global supply chains are fraught with financial- and credit-related risks. Here's how software and online information platforms can help your company overcome these obstacles and create a sustainable supply chain.
Here is a sentence I never thought I would write: Sears may go out of business. Indeed, last April, The Wall Street Journal ranked the American retailing icon at the top of a list of the 10 retailers “most at risk to default within the next 12 months.”
Thursday, August 31, 2017 · Luis Moncayo and James B. Rice, Jr.
Eliminating slow and error-prone manual inspection processes—and replacing them with real-time reporting based on mobile platforms—will improve the efficiency of industry by an order of magnitude.
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