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Your Blockchain Project is Doomed If You Don’t Ask These Five Questions

Friday, February 7, 2020 · By Shawn Muma
Many Blockchain implementations fail because inadequate consideration is given to the complexity of scaling and managing the ecosystem

Response Tips For Dealing with Coronavirus Supply Chain Disruptions

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
To help ensure organizations maintain continuity and resilience amid the coronavirus tumult, BSI supply chain experts are advising businesses take an immediate response to protect their workers and commercial interests.

Supply chain management really does matter

Friday, January 31, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock
The bankruptcy of Payless Shoes demonstrates the role supply chain management can play in a company's success - and failure

Guest Outlook From Singapore: 2020 Outlook for Global Supply Chains

Thursday, January 30, 2020 · Goh Puay Guan
While the Wuhan virus and US-China trade tensions are the elephant in the room, there are also a number of other global changes such as Brexit and potentially the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which would transform sourcing and trade relations.

Coronavirus and Your Global Supply Chain

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 · Rosemary Coates
If you haven't already started working on an alternate sourcing and manufacturing strategy that excludes China, you should start immediately.

Measuring Supply Chain “Fitness”

Monday, January 27, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
In a recent column for Gartner's “Beyond Supply Chain” newsletter, Michael Uskert posits that supply chain's success may be its own undoing due to disruptions in multiple global arenas.

Supply chain finance comes to tariff refunds

Thursday, January 23, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock
We may not be able to solve the tariff issue, but one company has an idea on how to make refunds easier and quicker

Supply Chain Managers Will Take Look at Air Cargo Options This Year

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
The Airforwarders Association (AfA), Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) and the Air Expedited Motor Carriers Association (AEMCA) will stage their annual AirCargo Conference to be held January 26 – 28, 2020, at the Omni Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.

APQC Infographic: Supply Chain Analytics Trends and Success Factors

Monday, January 20, 2020 · APQC
In 2019, APQC surveyed supply chain professionals regarding the use of analytics in the supply chain. It conducted a similar survey in 2016.

2020: The Year of Supply Chain Labor

Monday, January 13, 2020 · Michael Gravier
Management and leadership are the fulcrums for leveraging labor, and they are weak and under-developed in many supply chains. Management is discovering that the genie is out of the bottle when it comes to technology redefining labor. The reasons are simple.

More of what I’m watching for the coming year

Friday, January 10, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock
Keep an eye on micro-fulfillment and the development of AI

Readying For The Year of The Rat

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
Having just finished celebrating the arrival of 2020, global managers are concentrating on retaining “supply chain fluidity” amid Chinese New Year (CNY) shutdowns set to begin January 25.

Amazon ad nauseum

Monday, January 6, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
As noted in our three-part feature on outsourcing, E-commerce has become a growth driver in all 3PL segments and working with or against Amazon remains a hot topic, notes Evan Armstrong, president of A&A.

What I’m watching for 2020

Wednesday, January 1, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock
Technology continues to be the driving force, but it's evolving

Oldest Humanitarian Supply Chains Date Back to Days of Chivalry

Monday, December 23, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Across the world, the Order of Malta is dedicated to the preservation of human dignity and the care of all those in need, regardless of their origin or religion.
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