Supply Chain

We take a closer look at the parallels between the Walmart Effect and the Amazon Effect and explore the implications for the future of online and brick-and-mortar shopping.

Supply chain organizations routinely rank demand planning immaturity as a major obstacle in meeting their supply chain goals.

Finding the right stack might sound daunting at first, but if you approach the challenge as a way to spark your company’s innovativeness in finding new ways to compete and win, you’ll build internal consensus and momentum that will drive you through to success.

How are companies using technology to address varying global trade issues such as labor rates, uncertain transportation costs and last-mile delivery challenges?

This year’s report features in-depth profiles of the five NextGen innovations having the greatest impact on supply chains; Robotics and Automation, Predictive Analytics, Internet of Things Sensors, Artificial Intelligence, Driverless Vehicles, and Drones.

Developing and executing the right kind of supplier relationship based on the right kind of sourcing business model moves an organization from traditional supplier relationship management to the next generation.

The DHL Resilience360 report examines last year's major supply chain challenges and identifies trends that will shape the risk landscape in 2019.

Healthcare logistics decision makers have improved their success levels in addressing issues across the supply chain in the past year, and they continue to struggle with managing logistics, warehousing, and transportation costs.

Be proactive - and significantly reduce global supply chain risks, discover the 4 steps to building a global supply chain risk management platform in a white paper from Avetta.

This white paper is a collaborative effort among the University of Tennessee, the Sourcing Industry Group, the Center for Outsourcing Research and Education, the International Association for Contracts and Commercial Management, and was the inspiration for the 2015 book, Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy: Harnessing the Potential of Sourcing Business Models in Modern Procurement.

This case study is a perfect example of the journey of Telia Company AB, a Swedish listed telecommunications company and mobile network operator, of the dynamics of the Vested learning and implementation process.

This case study details how Dell and FedEx Supply Chain stopped thinking about “What’s in it for Me (WIIFMe)” and embraced Vested’s “What’s in it for We (WIIFWe)” mindset, and how, by reinventing their relationship achieved record-breaking results.

How CFOs are Leveraging Intelligent Control Towers to Align Financial and Supply Chain Decision-Making.

As Black Friday 2018 made loud and clear, most consumers today would prefer to have an online omnichannel shopping experience than a traditional in-store visit.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal was rejected once again by Parliament, throwing the country deeper into a political crisis and raising the prospect that the divorce will be delayed or even reversed.

Today is International Women's Day; Kathleen Marran, vice president of marketing, diverse segments, at UPS, writes about how this moment is a breakthrough for women in global trade, and even more, how inclusion represents a real chance to strengthen communities.

How much does a long tail really cost you? It's more than you think.

Accurate forecasting is strategic. Every decision by management is ultimately based on a forecast, so getting it right is important.

If you’re an eCommerce retailer losing money every year due to lost or mis-managed inventory, you’re not using the correct management software.

As President Trump claims that billions are flowing into Treasury from tariffs, new data shows it’s coming from American companies - The National Retail Federation is calling on Congress to pass legislation to exclude some items from the administration’s tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.