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Globe Spinning
As the world flattens, global sourcing invariably becomes more dynamic. Sophisticated technologies and an emerging crop of offshore suitors are forcing today’s intrepid explorers to balance reason with instinct.
Read MoreMade in China: Perspectives on the Global Management Giant
What makes logistics in China so challenging? Who’s really to blame for its much-publicized product quality failures? What’s the secret to outsourcing success? A trio of industry experts responds.
Read MoreSnap Shot: Furniture Logistics
Will the shift to global sourcing – combined with an economic downturn, housing slump, high fuel costs, and lack of visibility – unseat the furniture industry?
Read MoreMost Likely to Succeed
From an undergrad learning the fundamentals to a Ph.D candidate conducting groundbreaking research, meet the students pursuing supply chain education at all levels.
Read MoreTuned Up: Priming Auto Logistics for Peak Performance
As new challenges drive the need for leaner and faster automotive parts logistics, suppliers ask 3PLs to take the wheel.
Read MoreIndustry Snapshot: Electronics
Is the latest gadget a hit or just hype? Will that newfangled gizmo be cutting- edge for a year or obsolete in a month? Fickle buyers and unpredictable lifecycles can short-circuit the consumer electronics supply chain.
Read MoreThe Evolution of Inbound Logistics
From yesterday’s legacies to tomorrow’s visionaries, the theory and practice of inbound logistics is timeless.
Read MoreThe Evolution of Inbound Logistics–The Ford and Toyota Legacy: Origin of the Species
Today, lean manufacturing and demand-driven strategies are considered innovative and sophisticated competencies. But their origins are neither novel nor complex.
Read MoreThe Evolution of Inbound Logistics–Inbound’s Early Adopters: Survival of the Fittest
For a few practitioners, the flow of transportation changed direction, going exactly the opposite way. Push mutated into pull. Soon after, Inbound Traffic Guide magazine materialized, recognizing the paradigm shift from traditional push-oriented ideas. Following demand signals, controlling inbound transportation, and targeting the needs of the stateside consignee were heretical concepts that defied prevailing business […]
Read MoreThe Evolution of Inbound Logistics–Choosing Inbound: Natural Selection
Companies that assume control of their inbound supply chains reap rewards.
Read MoreThe Evolution of Inbound Logistics–Inbound Logistics: A New Order
Companies that assume control of their inbound supply chains reap rewards.
Read MoreDirty Jobs
It’s a job and somebody has to do it. Meet the guys who have stepped up to the task.
Read MoreAsk the Experts
Leading C-level execs* with 260 years of combined logistics and transportation experience address tough industry questions. Their advice, words of caution, and strategic vision can help you face the challenges of 2008 and beyond.
Read MorePremium Trucking: The Right Tools for the Right Job
For many high-value shippers, enhanced efficiency, customer service, and profitability offset the cost of investing in DCC, white-glove, and last-mile services.
Read MoreSustainability: Green is the New Black
It’s not easy being green. But, driven by impending regulations, consumer pressure, and mandates from corporations such as Wal-Mart, more and more companies are forging ahead with supply chain sustainability efforts.
Read MoreWest Meets East
Make a good impression on potential business partners in China by orienting yourself to some key cultural differences.
Read MoreMexico Paves The Road to Properity
Transportation infrastructure lies at the heart of Mexico’s ambitious plans for the future.
Read MoreSpace Exploration: New Frontiers in Site Selection
They might not yet have the clout of their long-in-the- tooth but short-on-space peers, but that’s exactly why shippers are gravitating toward their pull. These new logistics hotspots are committed to going to the ends of the earth—and then some—to meet shipper and consignee needs..
Read More3PLs & PLM: Returns on Investment
Is product lifecycle management the next market opportunity for third-party logistics providers?
Read MoreGauging Change
A soft economy, increasing global competition, the Mississippi River bridge collapse, and an influx of product recalls give global shippers plenty of reasons to slow down and check the rear-view mirror before accelerating into 2008.
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