Articles | June 2018

Feature Stories

Clarifying The Business Case For Green Supply Chain Management

Combat Cargo: The Challenges of Military Logistics

Military logisticians may face unique life or death challenges when moving cargo, but in the end, the civilian and military supply chain aren’t so different.

Put Me In, Coach! Next-Gen Leaders are Ready to Play

As next-gen supply chain professionals set their career goals, mentoring by seasoned professionals can help them up their game.

Chemical Logistics: The Price of Success

These are good times for chemical manufacturing in the United States. But an active market creates special challenges for companies that need to transport chemical products.

75 Green Supply Chain Partners

Inbound Logistics features its annual G75—a carefully curated list of 75 companies that go above and beyond to ensure their global supply chains are sustainable, and their operations are socially and environmentally friendly.

Case Studies

LeaderSHIP

People and Culture First, Strategy Second

Dan Curtis of BNSF Logistics discusses his leadership strategies and priorities.

Reader Profile

Tim Miller: Serving It Up Fresh, Fast, and Casual

Profile of Tim Miller, vice president of supply chain with Smashburger, a leading fast-casual burger restaurant

Commentary

Carriers Corner: Air, Ocean, Rail, Road TopicsHaroon Syed

4 Ways to Tell If Your Alcohol Carrier Knows the Hard Stuff

As technology and innovation continue to enable new options, supply chains will be sure to keep pace and take us to new heights.

Checking InKeith Biondo

GDPR: Privacy, Yes. Innovation, No

If you spend too much time clearing privacy protection notices from your email box, thank the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). But what exactly is this regulation and how might it impact future supply chain technological innovation?

Good QuestionKatrina Arabe

If you could speed the development of a supply chain-disrupting technology, what would it be and why?

Readers reveal the technologies they would rev up to boost supply chain efficiency.

IT Matters: Logistics & Supply Chain TechnologyWilliam Salter

Last-Mile Technology Needs a Radical Rethink

Without great delivery route planning and scheduling, all the smart, powerful technology invested in grinds to a halt at the final hurdle.

How-To

Ten Tips

Implementing Blockchain Technology

Blockchain technology creates a global and trustworthy history of a product—from transaction to production to consumption. It has the potential to revolutionize workflows across international borders, empowering an automated, connected supply chain with simplicity and traceability.