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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

July 14, 2015

Supply Chain News: Are Collaborative Robots Ready for Prime Time in the DC?

We Say the Jury is Still Clearly Out, though there Appears to be Many Applications in Manufacturing

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics costs | Logistics | Manufacturing

July 13, 2015

Supply Chain Thought Leadership Video Series: Trends in Supply Chain Business Intelligence Systems

Combining internal and external data, empowering users to ''swiim'' in the data without going to IT, data visualization and more.

TOPICS : Metrics/Performance measurement | Supply Chain Trends

July 08, 2015

Global Supply Chain News: Asian Container Volumes Continue to Migrate to East Coast Ports Even before New Panama Canal Opens

East Coast Ports have Nearly Doubled Market Share Since 2000, Likely to See More Gains when Expanded Canal Comes On Line

TOPICS : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Logistics costs | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Transportation

July 08, 2015

Supply Chain News: Determining Relative Power Positions Key to Sourcing Success, New Book on Procurement Argues

Famous Kraljic and Porter Models have Too Many Shortcomings, Andrew Cox Says

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management