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March 01, 2017

Supply Chain News: Amid Soft Q4, Old Dominion Takes Nearly All the LTL Profits

Rate Increases Mixed, from 1.5 to More than 5 Percent, Depending on Carrier

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

February 28, 2017

Retail Vendor Performance Management News Round Up for February, 2017

Target Gets Tough with Vendors on Chemicals; Lululemon Profits from Vendor Tagging, Item-Level RFID

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain

February 28, 2017

Compliance Networks Corner: Trip Report - RILA Supply Chain Conference 2017

Another Good Conference from RILA, as Omni-Channel, Talent Management Dominate the Discussion

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain

February 28, 2017

Supply Chain News: National Association of Manufacturers Sees Opportunity, Launches State of Manufacturing Tour

Factory Visits, Emphasis on Three "Big Ticket" Policy Items: Regulatory and Tax Reform, Infrastructure

TOPICS : Manufacturing

February 28, 2017

New Study Finds Supply Audits not Getting Job Done in Improving Conditions at Retail Suppliers

Despite Growing Popularity, Variety of Factors Make Audits "Ineffective Tools" in Reaching Claimed Goals

TOPICS : Global sourcing | Procurement/Supplier Management | Retail industry supply chain

February 27, 2017

Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: CSCMP CEO Rick Blasgen on Top Priorities for 2017

Career Lifecycle Suppport, More Educational Offerings, Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness, More

TOPICS : Supply chain thought leadership

February 27, 2017

Supply Chain News: Number of Warehouse Workers Continues Significant Rise, Finally Starting to Put Upward Pressure on Wages

300,000 More Warehouse Jobs Since 2007, but Wages have Been Slow to Rise Until Recently

TOPICS : Distribution | e-fulfillment | Logistics costs | Logistics

February 21, 2017

Supply Chain News: Amazon Receives Patent for Packing Robot Concept that would Work in Tandem with Human Order Pickers

Smart Robots Would Access Sensor Data, Images of Items and More to Determine the Optimal Grasping Strategy

TOPICS : Amazon.com | Distribution | Order picking | Supply Chain Innovation

February 21, 2017

Supply Chain News: Companies Could Get Much More Out of Supplier Diversity Programs, Hackett Research Finds

Programs too Focused on Just Meeting Target Numbers to Driving Innovation, Increasing Market Share

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

February 20, 2017

Global Supply Chain News: In Ominous Development, China Said to Be Considering Laws to Claim Control over Shipping Far Off Its Shore

Tensions Continue to Get Worse, Posing Huge Supply Chain Risks, as a Map of Claims Shows What a Mess This Is

TOPICS : China | Global logistics | Global supply chain | Supply chain risk