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Blockchain Remains Top of Mind for Supply Chain Managers, Says SAP

Monday, July 22, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
When the 7th Annual Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit convenes next month at the USC Marshall School of Business, Blockchain will be addressed under the auspices of the conference theme: “Evolution-Revolution-Disruption.”

Global Shipping Business Network May Bring Blockchain One Step Closer to Unified Ocean Cargo Reality

Monday, July 15, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
How close is the ocean cargo industry getting to finally engage in collaborative blockchain strategies? CargoSmart says the day may soon be arriving.

Supply Chain Opportunity Costs about to Explode

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 · Michael Gravier
Thanks to a world dominated by free trade, we take materials sciences and engineering for granted. But protectionism and tariffs' greatest impacts are their opportunity costs.

Supply Chain Managers May Be Challenged by Cleaning up “Dirty Data,” Dun & Bradstreet Survey Reveals

Monday, July 8, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Supply chain managers who fail to update shipper databases are at risk of losing money this year, say Dun & Bradstreet analysts.

G20 Is Over: Now What for Global Supply Chains?

Tuesday, July 2, 2019 · Rosemary Coates
As we have seen in over the past two years, negotiations can fail at any point and U.S. penalty tariffs could be extended. The end of the trade war may come before the U.S. general election in 2020, in order for Trump to claim victory. But in the meantime, U.S. consumers are…

Summer’s Start Features Supply Chain Hightlights

Thursday, June 27, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
As June comes to an end, here is a summary of the month's significant supply chain stories

NextGen Supply Chain: Coming soon to an ecosystem near you

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 · Hiranmay Sarkar
Autonomous supply chains will create a sea change in the way businesses operate

Global Supply Chains At Risk: Rare Earth Elements

Thursday, June 20, 2019 · Rosemary Coates
Rare earth elements are an essential part of most supply chains in the form of raw materials, component parts, or finished goods such as wiring, circuit boards, magnets, electronic consumer goods, clean energy, automotive, and defense equipment.

ASCM Introduces New Standards for Supply Chain “Ethics”

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Today the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), released new standards designed to help customers assess the ethical, ecological and economic aspects of their supply chain.

USC’s 7th Annual Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit to Examine Current State of Humanitarian Aid

Friday, June 14, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
When USC's 7th Annual Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit commences in August, the agenda will include the growing field of humanitarian logistics

Of Telegraphs and Blockchains

Thursday, June 6, 2019 · Michael Gravier
We have truly entered the disillusionment phase of the blockchain hype cycle with several outlets such as Gartner's writing about “blockchain fatigue”—although as with so much written about blockchain, the promise of fatigue is forecast some years into the future.

I can see clearly now…the constraints are gone.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 · Richard J. Sherman
Supply chain visibility is a reality ...... finally?

Exclusive Interview with Resilience360 CEO Sheds Light on Climate Change and Supply Chain Disruption

Monday, June 3, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
In this exclusive interview with Tobias Larsson, CEO, Resilience360, we learn how the report offers overview of at-risk industry clusters and common storm trajectories in the Americas, East Asia and the North Indian Ocean

Little room for labor error

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 · Joy Duce and Gregg Hague
When it comes to labor, a booming economy has placed new pressures on warehouse operations

Tariffs and China - Time to Reshore Now?

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 · Rosemary Coates
The U.S. relationship with China has been changed forever. We are unlikely to ever go back to the hay days of sourcing and manufacturing there.
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