Supply Chain Collaborator
JANUARY 25, 2018
Richard Chrzanowski, Implementation Manager for UltraShipTMS and acknowledged transportation logistics expert was tapped by Modern Materials Handling magazine for a feature article on Yard Management technologies. Read the informative piece which sheds light on how solution providers are solving the challenges involved in yard visibility and timely throughput.
SupplyShift
JANUARY 20, 2018
Hello, my name is Alex, I’m the CEO of SupplyShift. Although we typically focus on supply-chain specific items of interest, I wanted to start this year with a broader look at the business landscape of 2018 and beyond. In the last five years there has been a substantial increase in consumer preferences focused on ethics-based brands (HSBC) as well as rapidly growing shareholder actions based on social and environmental metrics ( HBR.com ) that result in a change in the way that global companies
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Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 26, 2018
The FCPA was enacted in 1977 to punish businesses for paying bribes to foreign government officials. The law is global in scope, and affects multiple parts of the supply chain. Penalties can be severe, involving multi-million-dollar fines and even jail sentences for violators. For businesses, the consequences can be even more wide-ranging, including a plunge in share value, the inability to attract and retain staff, and huge legal fees.
Supply Chain Collaborator
JANUARY 22, 2018
Gonna keep it brief. Shippers’ transportation departments are scrambling to find capacity as the ELD mandate and other economic forces place constraints on capacity at levels the industry has rarely witnessed. So we know time is of the essence. Here are X ways a good TMS solution helps shippers mitigate a capacity crunch. Spot Market Reporting. With so many shippers being forced into the spot market to find haulers, having robust spot quote reporting is crucial, providing insights into which
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“What should we do about the tariffs?” There’s no straightforward answer — every leader has a different expectation. CFOs want numbers. COOs want action. CEOs want strategy. And supply chain and procurement leaders need to be ready with the right response — fast. That’s why GEP has created a simple three-part framework that will help CPOs and CSCOs brief the board and C-suite with clarity and confidence.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 25, 2018
Monday was the first day that Amazon’s new checkout-less convenience store, Amazon Go, opened to the public, and shopping is even easier than online. There is no tedious clicking or scrolling, no banner ads to negotiate nor passwords to remember. Simply present the Amazon Go app at the gates and start shopping. The range is typical of a 7-Eleven: a few essential groceries and toiletries but mostly snacks, breakfast items, sandwiches and salads.
Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 24, 2018
The U.S. dropped out of the top 10 in the 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index for the first time in the six years the gauge has been compiled. South Korea and Sweden retained their No. 1 and No. 2 rankings. The index scores countries using seven criteria, including research and development spending and concentration of high-tech public companies. The U.S. fell to 11th place from ninth mainly because of an eight-spot slump in the post-secondary, or tertiary, education-efficiency category, which inclu
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Supply Chain Brain
JANUARY 22, 2018
The need for tech expertise is greater than it has ever been — and growing. The increasing sophistication of information systems, coupled with business’s ever-expanding reliance on technology to handle critical processes, raises big questions about where that support is going to come from in the years ahead. Companies need to start thinking about I.T. talent as a supply chain unto itself.
SupplyShift
JANUARY 20, 2018
Hello, my name is Alex, I’m the CEO of SupplyShift. Although we typically focus on supply-chain specific items of interest, I wanted to start this year with a broader look at the business landscape of 2018 and beyond. In the last five years there has been a substantial increase in consumer preferences focused on ethics-based brands (HSBC) as well as rapidly growing shareholder actions based on social and environmental metrics ( HBR.com ) that result in a change in the way that global companies
Supply Chain Collaborator
JANUARY 26, 2018
There is only one enterprise-level transportation management system (TMS) platform that offers trailer temperature tracking in real time. We’ll let you guess who it is! More importantly, we’re going to share three reasons why food shippers and other organizations with perishable or temperature-sensitive products should be clamoring for this innovative functionality (if they haven’t already been wishing this feature was available to them). .
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