Evidence that most leaders don't “get it” is the fact that the top 10% “superstar” companies accrue 80% of the economic value in their industries. Most supply chain leaders don't really understand what's so different about the changes underway thanks to…
Given the uncertainty in U.S. trade policy, making plans for doing business in the Asia Pacific region has been daunting lately for supply chain managers.
With the postponement of a meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping to sign an agreement to end their trade war, shippers may be able to buy a little more time to realign their supply chains.
The government of China is now assigning a social credit score to each of its citizens in an attempt to monitor and encourage good behavior. According to the "social credit system," first announced in 2014, the intent is to reinforce the idea that "keeping trust…
With the passing of last month's annual Air Forwarders Association conference in Las Vegas, we caught up with the AfA's executive director Brandon Freid for this exclusive interview which first appeared in our sister publication -- Logistics Management.
Treatment of people must become a part of supply chain operational risk management. General Motors, Starbucks, Hollywood, and a variety of other businesses illustrate that racism and other bias incidents do not receive sufficient preparation and planning from a risk management…
As the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) convenes this week for its annual Retail Supply Chain Conference, shippers expressed relief that President Trump has called for a delay for increasing tariffs on Chinese Goods. Had the President made good on his threat, as much…
Zachary S. Rogers Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at Colorado State University was among the speakers at the recently-concluded Reverse Logistics Association (RLA) conference in Las Vegas where shippers heard from a variety of industry experts on how to…
It's moving slow, but Big Data, AI and machine learning are beginning to impact reverse logistics.
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