Papers

As businesses are scrutinizing every dollar spent on logistics and transportation, it makes sense to understand exactly where costs are being incurred.

The Single Window is coming and it’s critical for shippers that self-file to keep abreast of fast-moving target dates and know how to undertake entry filing in the new system.

It‟s time to build a human economy that benefits everyone, not just the privileged few.

Universities and colleges have enhanced their supply chain and logistics degree programs; organizations like APICS and the Institute for Supply Management have expanded their certification programs; and training firms offer myriad options to help executives stay current on supply chain trends.

Global e-commerce is growing in leaps and bounds, particularly in emerging markets, where consumers can find it hard to locate affordable imported products in local shops.

Recognizing areas where you may be losing money due to lack of supply chain visibility is only the first step in improving operations.

It's common in any TMS implementation: You don't know what you need until you’re well into it.

The biggest obstacle to being ready for the IoT is mindset - businesses need to think beyond their traditional roles in order to thrive when the IoT arrives in full force.

With Oracle Transportation Management and Global Trade Management Cloud Services, you can deliver exceptional service to your customers with a single platform that provides end-toend visibility and control of transportation, customs, and compliance processes.

Conveyor solutions from Intelligrated® help retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers build efficient, high performance automated distribution and fulfillment operations.

Apple is hindering the improvement of working conditions in the smartphone industry, and if Apple does not take on responsibility commensurate with its status, other companies will not have the ability to make improvements either.

Most of today’s retailers and their supply chain advisors understand the shift in retail sales to the online channel but, for many years, the inclusion of gasoline, groceries, and automobile sales in U.S. retail sales numbers masked the true extent of eCommerce penetration.

This report, the first in a series, examines the economic trends that point to a U.S. manufacturing renaissance. It also explores the strategic implications of the shifting cost equation for companies engaged in global sourcing.

Our purpose in producing this report was to analyze the latest data and trends shaping transportation so we could objectively frame critical policy choices that need to be made.

This report aims to pull back Amazon’s cloak of invisibility, it shows how the company’s tightening grip is stifling competition, eroding jobs, and threatening communities - it presents new data; draws on interviews with dozens of manufacturers, retailers, and others; and synthesizes a broad body of previous reporting and scholarship.

In this paper, we propose Simulated+Unsupervised (S+U) learning, where the goal is to improve the realism of synthetic images from a simulator using unlabeled real data.

With the release of the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index (GMCI), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (Deloitte Global) and the Council on Competitiveness (the Council) in the US build upon the GMCI research, with prior studies published in 2010 and 2013.

To address these findings, the industry will need to develop a program that specifically targets younger generations of workers with appropriate messaging, including the benefits of a career in trucking.

Is your organization suffering from supply chain knowledge and skillset gaps? Here are five strategies to get back on track.

The ‘Future of Work’ white paper discusses major structural shifts that are currently reshaping the world of work such as globalization, diversity, technology, new production patterns and people’s new expectations regarding job and career, the paper provides suggestions on how to tackle these issues and, ultimately, calls upon policymakers to adapt legislation accordingly.