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How MOOCs can raise a company’s IQ and increase competitiveness

Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Eva Ponce-Cueto and James B. Rice Jr.
What benefits do companies gain from Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)? The obvious one is a better-educated workforce, but how does this translate into making enterprises more competitive and profitable?
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E-tailing update: Thinking fulfillment strategies

Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Larry Lapide
E-tailers are exerting significant pressure on traditional brick-and mortar retailers.
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The Power of Modern Supply Chain Modeling

Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Violetka Dirlea, Harris Ng, Marco Gutiérrez and Brendan See
The larger and more complex a supply chain becomes, the greater its potential to under-perform.
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A holistic view of procurement leads to efficiency

Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Becky Partida
Making changes to other procurement processes can lead to fewer resources and cost allocated to tactical activities.

Hanjin Bankruptcy Poses New Challenges for Global Supply Chain Managers

Thursday, September 1, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping will have supply chain managers scrambling for transport alternatives during Peak Season, as global seaports also struggle to find ways of mitigating the impact of this colossal event.

Southern California’s Supply Chain Put Into Focus During USC Conference

Monday, August 29, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The 4th Annual Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit held on USC Campus is coming up on September 15-16, 2016.

Supply Chain Performance and…Sleep?

Monday, August 15, 2016 · Rosemary Coates
Getting enough exercise, fresh air, healthy food and sleep are often challenges in our busy lives balanced with family and other commitments. Yet all of these ingredients are essential for top performance.

Global Retail Supply Chains Remain Healthy

Saturday, August 6, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
While many managers feared that post-Brexit anxiety would erode consumer confidence, global markets continue to grow with existing trade agreements taking hold. Will free market forces simply prevail without any new ones?

Supply Chain Managers Searching for Talent Should Read This Book

Friday, August 5, 2016 · Andrew Lubin
Best-selling author Sebastian Junger's newest book Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, has been published at a most appropriate time.

Will Free Trade Survive the Election?

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 · Andrew Lubin
One wonders if Most Favored Nation status will survive.

Leadership Sometimes Means Saying No to a Good Thing

Monday, August 1, 2016 · Michael Gravier
Supply chains are showing an increasingly worrying trend – companies opt to take short cuts rather than make themselves better, sometimes in spectacular fashion.

The Post-Brexit Blues

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 · Andrew Lubin
It's been 36 days since Great Britain, the world's 5th largest economy, voluntarily withdrew from the world community. Now that the sound and fury surrounding the surprise result has abated, what can the world expect?

“Generational Memory Threshold” May Influence Site Selection

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Extreme wet or dry conditions can affect buildings, machinery, data centers, transportation networks, supply chains, people and sales.

Supply Chain Spend: Largest U.S. Companies Take on More Debt, Says Recent Survey

Friday, July 22, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The largest public companies in the U.S. chose to go even further into debt in 2015 instead of driving cash out of their businesses by improving how they collect from customers, pay suppliers, and manage inventory

Logistics managers will keep their guard up

Friday, July 15, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
With ocean cargo shipping analysts predicting a return to fairly robust Peak Season volumes on the U.S. West Coast, stakeholders are adamant that port congestion need not be an issue once again. U.S. Department of Commerce
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