Supply Chain Management

Flexport Gains More Funding to Dominate Supply Chain’s Digital Arena

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 · Patrick Burnson San Francisco-based Flexport announced late last week that it has closed a $110 million Series C funding round led by DST Global, and joined by existing investors including Founders Fund and Susa Ventures.

Data Management “Hype Cycle” Revealed in Gartner 2017 Report

Monday, October 9, 2017 · Patrick Burnson As data becomes ever more distributed across multiple systems, organizations have to cope with increasingly complex ecosystems and digital business requirements.

Time-Tested Supply Chains Respond at Times of Crisis

Monday, October 9, 2017 · Michael Gravier The recent spate of hurricane disruptions highlights how big box retailers like Wal-mart and Home Depot have supply chains which are nimble enough to respond to crises successfully.

The Whole Foods Deal Shows the Future of Retail Isn’t Online - It’s Automatic

Friday, October 6, 2017 · Dennis Walsh It is too simplistic to say that Amazon's advantage is that it is online

Foreign Trade Zones Remain Popular with Supply Chain Managers

Thursday, October 5, 2017 · Patrick Burnson Supply chain managers have long valued Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ) because they're secure areas under U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) supervision generally considered outside CBP territory upon activation. Located in or near CBP ports of entry, they're the…

Go Tour a Manufacturing Site for MFG Day

Thursday, October 5, 2017 · Rosemary Coates Friday, Oct 6, is National Manufacturing Day, a chance to direct the nation's attention to manufacturers across America.

Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service Now Available to NetSuite Customers and Partners

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 · Patrick Burnson The week in San Francisco Oracle NetSuite announced the availability of the Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service for its customers and partners.

Inspirage Recognized in New Oracle Cloud Excellence Implementer Program

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 · Patrick Burnson Inspirage has achieved recognition as an Oracle Cloud Excellence Implementer (CEI) by the Oracle Partnernetwork for multiple regions. The new Oracle CEI program was announced by Oracle at Oracle Open World in San Francisco this week.

The Future of Enterprise Cloud is Outlined at Oracle OpenWorld

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 · Patrick Burnson Oracle CEO Mark Hurd made cloud predictions and discussed the future of business.

Tech Innovation Creates Some Jobs But Puts Others at Risk

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 · Patrick Burnson The 2017 World Trade Report examines the profound impact technology innovation is making on the global workforce and how it is transforming the way multinationals plan for the future in the developed world as well as in emerging nations.

MIT CTL Delivers MicroMasters Program to GE Employees

Monday, October 2, 2017 · SCMR Staff The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) is providing MIT CTL's ground-breaking MITx MicroMasters Credential in Supply Chain Management courses to employees in GE's Operations Management Leadership Program.

New Research: IoT Barrier to Entry Coming Down for Supply Chain Providers

Thursday, September 28, 2017 · Patrick Burnson Will digitalization reshuffle the deck in the marketplace of logistics services? The IT experts at AXIT, a Siemens company, believe it will.

Why Digital Transformation Matters in Transportation

Thursday, September 28, 2017 · Bruce Orcutt Digital transformation in the transportation industry is a competitive weapon to improve your ROI.

3 Ways to Attract Millennials to Manufacturing

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 · Mark Dohnalek The entire industry is facing a worker shortage with the rapid pace of baby boomer retirements

Lanetix Launches Collaboration Suite in Response to Digital Disruption

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 · Patrick Burnson Lanetix announced the launch of a new suite of digital workspaces for opportunity management, RFP management, solution design, customer onboarding and account management.