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New maritime director, Andre Coleman is responsible for the strategic oversight and implementation of the port's maritime portfolio including assets, services, operations, and labor and client relations for the 71⁄2 miles of San Francisco waterfront.
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.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 · MIKE GRISWOLD, STAN ARONOW, KIMBERLY ENNIS AND JIM ROMANO
Gartner's 15th annual global Supply Chain Top 25 highlights the advanced practices and capabilities of leading companies. Read on and learn what your organization can adopt and adapt to compete with the best in the world.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 · Steve Tracey, C. John Langley Jr., Kusumal Ruamsook and Jim Owens
Forget the last mile. One of today's biggest fulfillment challenges is the short trip from the delivery truck to one of dozens—or hundreds—of possible delivery spots in a building, a plant, a hospital or a campus. The shortest distance could be the longest yard of a…
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 · Mark Trowbridge, CPSM, C.P.M., MCIPS
A surprising number of procurement leaders fail to understand significant benefits that result from “standardizing” the products and services for which they are responsible. But,there are at least six ways that supply management organizations can exploit standardization to…
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 · Patrick Van den Bossche, Brooks Levering, Johan Gott and Yuri Castano
Although U.S. companies still see Asia as a desirable location for manufacturing, China is losing out to other countries, including Vietnam and Mexico.
USC's 7th Annual Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit in August featured a panel discussion on the ever-changing nature of worldwide relief efforts in an age of increasing complexity.
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.
Amazon is putting pressure on retailers, and failure to provide competitive shipping options is costing online them business, according to a new survey of merchants and consumers conducted by ecommerce platform BigCommerce.
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