Commerce reported that August retail sales were up 0.4% annually, to $526.1 billion, and were up 0.8% over July's $524.2 billion. NRF reported that August retail sales rose 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to July and were up 4.6% on an unadjusted basis annually.
As global supply chain managers ready themselves for the ocean cargo industry's “Peak Season,” several industry experts have been sharing their insights and forecasts with Supply Chain Management Review.
BluJay Solutions, a leading provider of supply chain software and services, today released the findings from its second annual research study in the report, “Focus on Customer Experience: Research on Supply Chain Priorities and Investments.”
The new “deep technologies” of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are often compared to past technologies such as electricity and the internet. This is a mistake.
Shanghai Shipping Exchange, a leading shipping index organization, and CargoSmart Limited, a leading global shipment management software solutions provider, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to develop a new shipping index for ocean carrier schedule reliability.
While recent months continued to show a pattern of a slowing down in manufacturing activity, even though the sector was still showing overall growth, data issued today by the Institute for Supply Management in its Manufacturing Report on Business (ISM) showed that…
Through full deployment of digital tools, typical procurement organizations can reduce operational costs by up to 45%, achieving efficiency levels below those of today's world-class procurement organizations, new research from The Hackett Group, Inc. maintains.
Researchers at MIT's Energy Initiative and Plasma Fusion and Science Center have developed a plug-in hybrid engine system that transitions big long haul rigs to electric power.
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