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The Global Truck Study 2018 study by PwC’s Strategy& indicates that By 2030, trucking and logistics will be an ecosystem of autonomous vehicles directed by a digitized supply chain, combining driverless, cabless trucks and delivery hubs staffed by robots.

LEGACY Supply Chain Services and Adrian Gonzalez, president of Adelante SCM, have released the findings from their 2018 research study on inventory management trends within omni-channel logistics, and it's extremely interesting.

A new study by Dr. Steve Viscelli, a sociologist and trucking expert at the University of Pennsylvania, concludes that eroding job quality should be as serious a concern as job loss – and identifies public policies to ensure a future of good jobs in the industry.

A compensation and career survey by APICS, the association for supply chain management, reveals a healthy outlook for those employed in the supply chain, with wage increases and high job satisfaction reported across the profession.

Under the Scottish sea, as part of the next phase of Project Natick, Microsoft tests a data center including 864 servers and 27.6 petabytes of storage that’s quick to deploy and could provide internet connectivity for years.

A recent Zebra Technologies study, the Future of Fulfillment Vision, surveyed omnichannel decision makers who anticipate disruptions led by drones, autonomous vehicles, and crowd-sourced delivery.

Customers are demanding a boundary-less retail environment, but building a supply chain that is synchronized across all sales channels remains elusive for many businesses today.

CFOs may not always be the most publicly visible executives compared with CEOs and other senior leaders, but in a rapidly changing world full of new challenges and risks, finance executives can be the stewards who guide companies toward growth.

This report looks at data before and after Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 and dives into the true cost and volume impacts experienced by logistics customers; it also shares advice on how shippers can prepare for another 2018 challenging storm season.

Procurement is getting its digitized act together and while supply chain managers have been slow to integrate digitization in the procurement function, the trend may finally be gaining traction, says a new report.

Gartner has, for the first time, positioned Kuebix in their 2018 Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems.

It’s little surprise that the best-paid MBA graduates are from American universities, however, what is unexpected is just how many U.S. schools dominate the overall rankings.

Multiyear collaboration, led by Professor David Simchi-Levi, will focus on advancing research in machine learning, optimization, and consumer behavior modeling.

Complimentary report from Nucleus Research recognizes One Network's real-time value network for control tower capabilities and for helping companies gain end-to-end visibility.

Increasingly sophisticated AI will usher in a world that is strange and different from the one we're used to, and there are serious risks if this technology is used for the wrong ends.

According to new research from HfS and Accenture intelligent operations is key to keeping pace with customer expectations and driving superior business outcomes, the move to intelligent operations is fast becoming make-or-break for many organizations.

Recently at London's Victoria & Albert Museum, designer Stella McCartney and Dame Ellen MacArthur cohosted the launch of a sustainability report that sets out a new vision for the retail fashion industry.

As many as 800 million workers worldwide may lose their jobs to robots and automation by 2030, equivalent to more than a fifth of today’s global labor force according to a new report by the research arm of McKinsey & Co.

According to a recent Fujitsu study, businesses understand the transformative power of technology but are struggling to keep the four strategic elements required to digitally transform: people, actions, collaboration and technology (PACT).

Almost 90% of consumers are shopping in store this holiday and most of them will combine the best of both in-store and online shopping based on what they’re buying and for whom, according to PwC's 2017 Holiday Outlook report.