Economic Nationalism Challenges Global Supply Chains
January 23, 2019
Felecia Stratton
Sixty-six percent of manufacturers responding to a new survey of global senior supply chain decision makers by software company LLamasoft say they would change their supply chains in order to tackle economic nationalism.
The Fastest Growing 3PLs Spell Success “C-L-O-U-D”
January 22, 2019
Scott Brask, Vice President Worldwide Support and Cloud, HighJump
How do 3PLs keep air-tight control of their data, and prove to customers that their data is safer than Fort Knox? The big debate is on-premise or cloud.
Noted
January 21, 2019
New and noteworthy in the supply chain
Keeping Truckers Safe on the Road
January 18, 2019
Pat Larkin
Keeping drivers safe is important for everyone on the road, especially with 115 million cars and trucks hitting U.S. streets every day. Not everyone who drives will get into an accident. However, the risk is much higher for truckers who drive every day for work.
Trade Wars, Cyber Threats Top Maritime Concerns
January 17, 2019
Felecia Stratton
The global maritime industry is cautiously optimistic about the global business environment for world trade, but also concerned about the potential impact of trade tensions, cyber security, fuel costs, and other headwinds to industry recovery.
How the Cloud Creates Cost Savings—and Tax Benefits
January 16, 2019
Fred Dobrowitsky, Director of Operations at Rutherford & Associates
From seamless scalability to cost-efficiency to tax benefits, the right solutions can pave the way to significant results for distribution businesses.
Selecting a Cloud-based TMS
January 15, 2019
Selecting and implementing a SaaS-based Transportation Management System (TMS) requires careful thought. Future users and decision-makers need to do the following.
The Changing Logistics of Grocery Delivery: It’s In The Bag
January 14, 2019
Karen M. Kroll
Food retailers are working to satisfy consumers' growing appetite for rapid delivery of everything from tomatoes to orange juice. To feed this demand, they're educating personal shoppers, developing new technologies to handle the last-mile, rethinking distribution networks and inventory planning, and partnering with technology companies.
Accuracy and Time Savings Through AI-Driven Forecasting
January 11, 2019
Patty McDonald, Global Solution Marketing Director, Symphony RetailAI
Through artificial intelligence and machine learning, today’s retailers are becoming better equipped to forecast in the face of retail disruption.
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