Thursday, November 19, 2015 · Vinod Bulusu and Haekyun Kim
After being caught off guard by a phenomenal increase in sales in 2013, a company in the auto battery replacement market wanted to improve the accuracy of its sales forecasts.
Saturday, November 14, 2015 · Fabio Duque
"It's just not fair!" How many times have your kids said that to you? Or, how many times have you heard that from a colleague describing collaborative supply chain relationships?
Monday, November 9, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
Changes in customer behavior are set to disrupt businesses in all industries over the next five years. Yet, most company operations are not designed to deliver what customers value – now or three years from now.
Monday, November 9, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
As our news section story on sustainability opines, research from West Monroe Partners finds that half of North American supply chain executives consider green supply chain a strategic priority. But there's a disconnect: how do these executives define it?
Monday, November 9, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
For the third straight year, Armstrong & Associates, Inc. convened its Annual 3PL Value Creation Summit in Chicago recently to identify key global industry trends.
Monday, November 2, 2015 · Jeff Berman
Even with the fourth mild sequential decline in a row, manufacturing in October still showed growth, according to the most recent edition of the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Manufacturing Report on Business.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
With highly volatile freight rates and oil prices, the freight forwarding market is undergoing structural changes and an uncertain global economic situation means that forwarders need to be attuned and responsive to macro-trends.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
The Pacific Coast Council of Custom Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association, Inc. stages its annual conference – WESCCON – at this time of year to bring supply chain managers up to date on the latest ocean freight trends and practices. It also gives industry experts a…
Monday, October 12, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
MIT has opened up new pathways to online education and professional master's degrees, with the introduction of a unique online credential called the MicroMaster's credential and a new route to gaining an MIT master's degree.
Friday, October 9, 2015 · Chris Carr and Dan Harris
A well crafted and reasonable liquidated damages provision is one of the best leverage tools out there for preventing your Chinese counterparty and supplier from breaching their agreements. That's the primary reason for having a written contract in the first place.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
To overcome many of new challenges, global logistics managers continue to rely on guidelines created by The International Air Transport Association
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 · Jeff Berman
While there has been some decline in its key metrics, the September edition of the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) indicates steady growth
Thursday, October 1, 2015 · Bob Trebilcock
Companies used to compete on price and service. The future of supply chain, according to Steve Melnyk, is culture. In fact, innovators like Apple, Google, and Unilever are already leading because of their cultures. Your company can too.
Monday, September 28, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
Following the onset of the global recession in 2008 there were relatively few large –scale acquisitions in the 3PL industry. That has changed dramatically since early 2014. Since that time there have been ten major acquisitions by 3PLs totaling $18 billion.
Monday, September 28, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
CEOs across North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe were also asked to project regional industry revenue growth rates for the next three years in each of their regions.
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