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Custom Education: Guaranteeing A Perfect Fit
A solid foundation of supply chain experience and education is just the beginning. Supply chain practitioners need to periodically update their knowledge as well. Here’s how companies are getting with the program— customizing curriculums and encouraging employees to enroll in executive education programs.
Military and Manufacturing Outsourcing: Not All Guns and Roses
Military outsourcing is good in concept but often problematic in practice for several reasons discussed in this article. Contracting for services year after year in support of multi-front contingency operations and train and assist missions, all with no clear end-dates in site, has the potential to be harmful to the “profession of arms” (a vocation comprised of experts certified in the ethical application of combat power, serving under civilian authority, entrusted to defend the Constitution and the rights and interests of the American people) and cost more than anticipated. This article will discuss why military outsourcing is currently problematic and explore why the military outsources mission-essential services. A comparison of similar outsourcing incentives associated with both military and manufacturing industrial complexes is discussed, along with some advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing with these sectors. The article concludes with a prediction as to what the primary outsourcing drivers will be for future military and manufacturing outsourcing decisions.
2016 Port Report: Great Expectations
Inbound Logistics predicts the top U.S. ports for business in 2016, based on volumes, efforts to improve infrastructure, and innovation.
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Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitude
When an outdated warehouse management system was putting a dent in a distributor’s workflow, it turned to a technology partner to grow its e-commerce business.
Reader Profile
Michael Fries: No Small Potatoes
Profile of Michael Fries, senior business intelligence logistics analyst at U.S. Foods, drills into data to find opportunities to make or save money in the company’s logistics operations.
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Optimizing Freight Spend
Managing your transportation budget is key to operate Lean and find ways to shed excess cost. Use these tips help lower shipping costs.
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Georgia: Enabling Business Growth Through Collaboration
From well-designed redundancies across intermodal shipping methods to creative solutions when the unexpected happens, Georgia’s logistics industry is positioned to help shippers connect, compete, and grow.
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You Are Never Too Cool for School
To excel in a supply chain management career, students and employees need broad knowledge and skillsets that extend across the entire supply chain function.
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What's the first thing you would do to address the truck driver shortage?
Readers weigh in on how to address the truck driver shortage.
Online ExclusiveIT Matters: Logistics & Supply Chain TechnologyJon M. Van Winkle
Getting Fleets Mobile Ready
Asking the right questions as you begin the evaluation and purchase process is a step in the right direction to help get your fleet mobile ready.
Online ExclusiveIT Matters: Logistics & Supply Chain TechnologyNick Cicero
Leverage Dashboard Technology to Improve Decision-Making Capabilities
For logistics professionals, data is meaningless without context. Dashboards help provide context and enhance decision-making capabilities.
IT Matters: Logistics & Supply Chain TechnologyChase Sowden
Tapping the Power of Performance Management
When performance management processes are functioning properly, the link between strategic business objectives and day-to-day actions comes together.
Online ExclusiveViewpoint: Logistics & Supply Chain AnalysisClint Lasher
Fine-tuning the Modern Distribution Center
Sound strategies for maintaining, optimizing, and modernizing materials handling systems can mitigate risk in today’s DC and go a long way toward ensuring a smooth ride in the supply chain.
Viewpoint: Logistics & Supply Chain AnalysisSheik M. Ayube
Corporate Citizenship Starts With the Supply Chain
Driven by the realization that business and society can no longer intersect at the crossroads of profits first and society second, business is embracing a new order that puts the interests of society on a level that is at par with the interests of business. This has prompted a closer look at the supply chain and an increased emphasis on sustainable sourcing.