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If you’d asked me what I know about global forwarding when I joined the industry two years ago, I would have looked at you quizzically and said, “Global forwarding? What’s that?” However, if I was asked the same question today, my answer would be very different.

The Holiday Season is a time when consumer demand can make or break a business. This year, Holiday sales are expected to represent approximately 19.2% of the retail industry's annual sales of $3.2 trillion.

The Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations bill, to be signed by President Obama this week, suspends certain HOS rules that went into effect on July 1, 2013.

Today, fewer families are seeing the white picket fence - it's harder for our youth to find good jobs and we have a jobless recovery with the aging workforce and rising costs for social security, this is a major economic issue.

Will Amazon's $775 million purchase of Kiva Systems Inc., payoff as their fulfillment costs continue to rise?

For mid-size and fast growing companies, keeping track of cash position and cash flow in a meaningful way is difficult!

As the world’s largest exporter and second largest importer, China offers many trade opportunities for companies. However, significant challenges still exist, making it difficult to conduct China trade operations.

In the world of commerce, every business ecosystem has a type of supply chain that is critical to corporate operations. These supply chains rely on a network of plants and facilities to add value to and transform raw materials into a final product. Any disruption or sub-optimization in the supply chain can and will significantly impact a company’s profitability.

Shippers everywhere face the perpetual question: What’s the best way to get our products to customers efficiently and at the best cost?

Distribution or dissemination of information is probably one of the most critical aspects of supply chain business intelligence and information management.

Collaboration of information and timing and are two extremely critical aspects of supply chain business intelligence and information management.

The current USA trucker shortage was forecast many years ago, but not enough has been done to stop it and now the market is feeling the impact.

While it can be tempting to reduce short-term operational costs using non-original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts, cutting corners can lead to crippling unplanned downtime and out-of-warranty equipment damage.

Every year, expectations for the retail holiday season rise. Retail companies feel the squeeze of the economic recession and continue to look for cost-cutting outlets. As a result, suppliers across the globe must react to the competitive situation and develop a winning strategy for the holiday season.

Over the past few years, the retail industry has changed dramatically. Thanks to online retailing, consumers can buy anything, anytime, anywhere.

I will be the first to admit that there are lots of different ways to categorize data. And I would like to add, that there is not necessarily one right way to do it. But at the end of the day, understanding the totality of a problem is easier if you find a way to break it down into component parts, categories, or summarize the information. The following is a framework attempt to categorize by maturity (and difficulty) the important...

Analytics are now an integral part of any supply chain information management system. Modern computing power and advances in analytical software have made powerful analytics not only possible, but practical for most businesses sitting on top of a cornucopia of supply chain data. Analytics run the gambit from historical data dumps to models that suggest the best course of action based on a set of probable outcomes.

Supply chain research and industry information with the balanced perspective of practitioners, academics, and service providers - Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas.

In the near future, getting rid of that spare 40% empty space is going to become a very high priority for e-retailers.

It takes many years to build a culture to improve supply chain excellence, and many well-intended technology or plant design projects can quickly take a supply chain team off guard.