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A Practical Methodology for Restructuring Supply Chains
Three key ingredients are necessary to execute this methodology successfully – knowledgeable people, accurate data and analytical tools. These ingredients are intertwined throughout the 10 step methodology discussed in this paper.
Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States
Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States is the tenth annual report on the state of online learning in U.S. higher education. The survey is designed, administered and analyzed by the Babson Survey Research Group.
What Makes an Effective Analytics Group Part of Your Supply Chain Organization?
Individuals who can offer solid experience in business consulting, analysis, and operations have abundant employment options - as will those who can effectively manage these unique teams.
A Deep Dive into Amazon’s Global Shipping & Fulfillment Network
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is Amazon’s fulfillment service and an incredibly powerful stimulus for the marketplace’s growth. It also offers a myriad of benefits to participating third-party sellers. With this eBook, you'll learn the benefits of FBA for third-party sellers, tips for getting started and how ChannelAdvisor can help.
The Path to Fully Integrated 3PL Services
Since 1983, LEGACY Supply Chain Services has grown by a compound annual growth rate of 18% and continues to evolve by expanding its service portfolio, entering new customer industries, and strategically acquiring 3PL companies to become a fully integrated supply chain and logistics services provider.
Global Supply Chain Institute Identifies 10 Game Changing Supply Chain Trends
A recent report from The University of Tennessee has pinpointed ten game-changing supply chain trends that can help companies improve their operations. The university’s Global Supply Chain Institute researched the topic and identified and tracked the trends.
A Case Study of Bare Escentuals’ Omni-Channel Distribution Center
With a Web site launch pending in 2007, the company’s logistics team knew that bringing the fulfillment for all the channels into one facility would enable the retailer to make sure that they got the right product to the right people at the right time.
Utilizing your WMS and Shipping Processes for Omni-Channel Distribution
The pressure is on retailers to deliver anything, anytime, from anywhere. Three experts answer four key questions that will help traditional brick-and-mortar retailers revolutionize their use of WMS and their shipping processes on the way to a multi-channel transformation.
10 Supply Chain Trends for the Next 10 Years
What trends will affect the next generation of supply chains? That’s a question more and more SCM professionals are asking themselves. The 10 trends offered here are validated with executive input from senior executives across different industries. By understanding, anticipating, and acting upon these trends, the author believes companies can greatly enhance the value of their supply chain operations.
Treasury Management Systems and Supply Chain Finance
The scenario proposed in this paper is that treasury TMSs can provide the right technology solution to support the execution of complex business problems. The document will also demonstrate that the integration between TMS technology and SCF solutions is today not a nice-to-have option but has become almost a necessity.
Supply Chain Finance Inertia Costing Corporates Billions; CFOs to Grow Company Value
Supply Chain Finance Inertia Costing Corporates Billions; Kyriba / Aite Group Research Highlights Opportunities for CFOs to Grow Company Value. Gap Between Corporations’ Desire to Introduce Reverse Factoring and Dynamic Discounting, and Implementation of Processes and Programs examined.
Jones Lang LaSalle United States PAGI Seaport Outlook - 2013
Our outlook provides a distinctive analysis of seaport-centric industrial space in gateway U.S. real estate markets, and observes the influence of global economic drivers, including trade and cargo flows, socioeconomic and political factors, as well as port capacity and infrastructure investment.
Competition Rising for Premium Industrial Space at Top Seaports
While vying for business amidst flat cargo volume growth, U.S. seaports also face heated competition for post-Panama Canal expansion market share. JLL’s fifth-annual Seaport Outlook ranks the most prominent ports in the U.S., this year identifying the availability of industrial real estate surrounding the ports as one of three top features shared by successful ports.
Global Air Freight Logistics Industry Market Research Report from IBISWorld Has Been Updated
The Global Air Freight Logistics industry primarily transports commercial cargo as well as time-sensitive freight and mail; however, because the industry moves goods throughout the world, it is dependent on the level of international trade between countries. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has updated a report on the Global Air Freight Logistics industry to its growing report collection.
Consumers Want Choices and Convenience When Shopping Online
comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, and UPS released the second UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™: A Customer Experience Study, a report analyzing e-commerce preferences including mobile trends, social media impact and the integrated buying experience of shopping in physical stores and online - also known as omnichannel retailing.
Supply Chain’s Role in Financial Performance
Many organizations struggle to make use of financial data from a variety of information systems, which are often disaggregated, complex and duplicated. This makes it harder for the CPO and CFO to see the “true situation” and to skillfully manage cash, volatility and risk in the supply chain.
Where Do We Go From Here? The Future of Supply Management
It is essential to identify where you want to be, perform a current state analysis, and drive the organization and supply chain toward that new vision. In many cases, the journey takes 5 – 10 years. Indeed this is a long time to be in a state of change, but when planned and directed wisely, it’s not only bearable, it can be quite liberating for employees and for the organization.
Time to Put Purchasing Ethics Back on Management’s Agenda - Zero Tolerance Policy on Trips & Gifts
The rise of questionable ethics may be partly driven by the financial crisis that began in 2007-2008. As the global economy tanked, companies became increasingly desperate to maintain and grow their business. This could be a reason why purchasing now receives more intense gifting efforts aimed at creating implied obligations.
Deadline: July 9, 2013 – CBP Begins Liquidated Damages Phase of ISF Enforcement – Are You Ready?
Starting on July 9, 2013, liquidated damages of $5,000 per violation will be issued for inaccurate, incomplete, or untimely filings. CBP may also withhold the release or transfer of cargo for which an ISF has not been filed. Noncompliant cargo will also be subject to further inspections.
June 2013 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business - PMI at 50.9%
The report was issued today by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. "The PMI™ registered 50.9 percent, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from May's reading of 49 percent, indicating expansion in the manufacturing sector for the fifth time in the first six months of 2013.
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