Papers

The Intermodal Rail Bracketology Guide helps shippers identify sub-optimal full-truckload freight that is vulnerable to capacity constraints if and when a supply chain disruption occurs.

A Comprehensive Safety Analysis of Service-Based Vehicles across the United States.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview on how transitioning your fleet from Liquid Propane to electric lift trucks can increase your fleet’s productivity, lower total cost of ownership, improve environmental conditions for your employees.

This review focuses on key developments in maritime safety and analyzes shipping losses (of over 100 gross tons) during the 12 months prior to December 31, 2015.

The growth and complexity of today's end-to-end supply chain is driving renewed focus on optimizing supply chain cost and profit to become more event and customer-driven...up to 92% of companies will be looking for more collaborative optimization solutions.

This report explores the most common practices, biggest challenges, and emerging trends in cross-docking nationwide and examines changes in cross-docking practices within the last three years.

Realizing the full benefits of today's global B2b marketplace demands flexibility, responsiveness, and innovation...yet most organizations struggle to achieve the core technical infrastructure, operational expertise, and foresight necessary to truly maximize their B2B e-commerce potential.

Natural disasters, adverse weather, political unrest, cargo theft - all of these events can cause disruption in the supply chain.

In today’s business environment, EDI remains a game changer across all industries.

UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™ - A customer experience study 2014 - Retailers must address buyers' complex path to purchase.

This report explains the factors underlying these disruptive waves, outlines the new strategic issues they raise, and describes a portfolio of new strategic moves that business leaders need to master.

World-class method plant and distribution center secures reliable, scalable B2B integration with OpenText™ B2B Managed Services.

Multichannel retailers are sitting on a ticking time bomb, sales growth will increase the volumes of returned product, requiring improved returns management capabilities to be put in place, this research advises heads of supply chains on how to manage this balancing act and make more profit.

The A.T. Kearney U.S. Reshoring Index has dropped to –115, down from –30 in 2014, and it represents the largest year-over-year decrease in the past 10 years.

A comprehensive look at the people, process and technology needed to support a B2B e-commerce program.

The only guide you need to read for 2016, this eBook has been shared by Shopify, Sean Ellis of Growth Hackers and went viral on Inbound.

Find the right technology and system supplier for optimized flexibility, throughput and operational efficiency.

Omnichannel fulfillment challenges permeate modern distribution operations.

Primed by scenarios from science fiction, as well as by hype and wild speculation from the world’s media, we have for many decades anticipated the era of robotics.

This report will help buyers who are seeking new SCM solutions better understand the marketplace to facilitate more informed purchase decisions.