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Regardless of what and where you are shipping, the goal is to achieve total control over your global logistics process and the associated costs. Successful logistics organizations are supercharged by the MercuryGate TMS to achieve maximum velocity and flexibility while minimizing costs.

The total costs to conduct business and supply chain operations in China for multi-national companies are greatly influenced by a company’s capabilities to manage its General Trade, Processing Trade, and Bonded Zone operations in China.

The U.S. Government has announced significant alterations to the export control guidelines for equipment, parts, components, software, related technology and services used in spacecraft and satellites. These adjustments come as a direct result of a change in jurisdiction from the Department of State’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to the Department of Commerce’s Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

Today’s high-speed order fulfillment operations work prolonged hours to meet tight schedules and short order cycles, leaving little time for required repairs, preventive maintenance and benchmarking the relative health of a system.

215 million people plan to cook out this Fourth of July - but where do the products for your barbecue more than likely originate and how did they get to your grill?

In my role with Logility, I have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of companies and executive management teams around achieving their supply chain goals and prioritizing their initiatives.

Chinese experts 'in discussions' over building high-speed Beijing-US railway - 'China-Russia-Canada-America line' would run for 13,000km across Siberia and pass under Bering Strait through 200km tunnel.

In supply chain applications a “goal” is scored when milestones are reached such as an on time delivery, and we can now store the data in the cloud, which helps us keep an eye on the entire “game” as it plays out in the global arena.

With a global event there will be drama, stories, and new trends that start unexpectedly, burn brightly then perhaps fade away -successful retailers and suppliers can handle the upturn in particular product lines this unpredictability can cause.

While other analysts may put the vendors into a four-square evaluation model and declare it magic, I think that this approach does a disservice to the industry.

The online shopping boom and a steadily growing economy has put an enormous amount of pressure on the supply chain, which is currently struggling to find the personnel required to efficiently distribute goods across the United States. In addition, businesses interested in bringing low-cost manufacturing to their operations have forced logistics experts to assess how such an economic change would affect their practices.

We could be entering a period of noisy calm on the regulatory front, where a number of discussions are taking place, but no actual change is likely to occur within 12 to 18 months.

Apple acquiring Tesla would make for juicy headlines but would also be very dangerous. There are more sensible ways for the two companies to make money together.

As Elon Musk, the founder of the electric car manufacturer Tesla, was meeting with Apple's head of acquisitions, people have speculated Apple was going to buy Tesla and build an iCar.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) began contract talks on May 12, with lots of contentious issues on the agenda.

With pending modifications to CSA, the industry may be looking at the new comeback kid.

It’s exciting when you see a company that “talks the talk” and “walks the walk” with complete conviction. Bill Nienburg, Vice President of Global Merchandising and Sales Planning, Under Armour, did just this in front of 300 supply chain practitioners at the recent Logility Connections 2014 conference in Atlanta, GA, calling the athletic apparel maker’s supply chain “a cornerstone for [Under Armour’s] overall growth agenda.”

For the past 14 years, C3 Solutions have been working with companies striving to improve their yard and dock processes. Here are some pearls of wisdom which we hope will help you ask the right questions and improve your processes too.

Whether you’re a retailer, distributor or wholesaler, you dream of having a perfect supply chain. Of course you know that achieving the impossible in real life is... well, unrealistic. No matter how good your vendors are, invariably you’ll get shipments that are going to be less than perfect.

In a previous blog, we determined that the operation must understand the costs related to inaccurate shipments, determine the elements which need to be monitored and establish the necessary performance indicators to be able to take the necessary actions to reduce the cost of non-conformance on the dock. It is our opinion that the business needs to perform this analysis before starting a search for the right solution.