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August 03, 2015

Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: How will the Human-Robot Dynamic Play Out in Manufacturing?

IDC Analyst John Santagate on Developments in China that should Provide a Windo into Robots Impact on Human Workers

TOPICS : Manufacturing

July 28, 2015

Supply Chain News: Electronic Tolls Really are the Answer to US Highway Report Says, but the ATA Again Disagrees

Someone Needs to Come Up with at Least $1 Trillion Somehow; Costs to Use Interstates Headed Up One Way or Another, as Highways Nearing End of Life

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

July 28, 2015

Supply Chain News: A Review of Second Quarter Results for Amazon.com

Stronger than Expected Results Propel Market Value Past Much Larger Walmart; Fulfillment and Shipping Costs are 23% of Merchandise Sales

TOPICS : Amazon.com | e-fulfillment | ecommerce | Retail industry supply chain

July 27, 2015

Supply Chain News Makers Video Series:Keys to Supplier-Enabled Innovation

A new report from Procurement Leaders identifies the practices that separate the most successful from the rest of the pack

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

July 21, 2015

Global Supply Chain News: Western Apparel Companies Increasingly Look to Africa for Sourcing, but Many Challenges Remain for the Continent

Monthly Wages Average Just $21 in Ethiopia Versus a Whopping $67 in Bangladesh; Plus, You Can Grow Your Own Cotton

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Global supply chain | Green Sourcing

July 21, 2015

Supply Chain News: A Look at the LTL Market by John Larkin

Stifel Sees Fairly Rosy Outlook for Beleaguered Sector, As Margins Back to Pre-Recession Levels, Possible Boost from eCommerce Deliveries

TOPICS : Transportation | Trucking

July 21, 2015

Supply Chain News: Keys to Successful Supplier-Enabled Innovation

Focused Teams Deliver Better Results than Broad ''Innovation Culture'' Approach Report Finds

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply Chain studies

July 16, 2015

Supply Chain News: Where is US Manufacturing Headed as we Reach Mid Year?

Growth is Still Positive, but Momentum is Clearly Slowing; Huge Differences in Recoveries Since Bottom Across Different Sectors

TOPICS : Manufacturing

July 15, 2015

RFID and AIDC News: Small Shoe Store Chain Peltz Decides to Publicly Dump RFID

Says Costs were Much Higher than Expected, Inventory Accuracy wasn't being Achieved, as it Goes Back to Bar Codes

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain | RFID

July 14, 2015

Supply Chain Thought Leaders Video Series: MIT's Chris Caplice on the Myth of Combinatorial Freight Bids

Tactic Sounds Good in Theory, but Falls Apart in Execution, Caplice Now Says

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking