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The trend set over the past few years for mergers and acquisitions has hardly subsided, and a fresh injection of equity investment is transforming the marketplace, at the same time, shippers may expect to see 3PLs continue to purchase high-tech “solutions” and hire young professionals for implementation.

The rising cost of transportation has created strife between shippers and carriers as they leverage the economics of supply and demand at the expense of each other, according to a new study from UT’s Global Supply Chain Institute, this inherent conflict undermines a company’s ability to meet its supply chain and financial goals.

MIT master’s program in supply chain management earns the top accolade for a second time from global ratings agency Eduniversal.

Predicting the future of supply chain management is a fool’s game, but new findings from CAPS Research gives a glimpse into how supply managers are preparing for tomorrow.

The International Monetary Fund offered a sunnier outlook for the global economy in 2017, predicting growth of 3.5 percent this year. Still, the IMF warned the world economy still "faces headwinds" and warns against protectionism.

The market value of Tesla, the high-end electric car manufacturer, has surpassed that of American automotive giants like Ford and General Motors, both of which sell millions more cars than Tesla does - James B. Stewart of The New York Times joins William Brangham to discuss Tesla’s brand allure and the state of today’s auto industry.

Roadmap 2.0 is a fresh look at the staggering rate of change impacting material handling and logistics, and it is a follow-on to the original Roadmap - published in January 2014 - which took a high-level look forward to 2025.

The Robert Walters annual Global Salary Survey covers the UK and Ireland, Continental Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand as well as North and South America, and is based on the analysis of permanent, interim and contract placements made across each of their geographies and recruitment disciplines.

Logistics Management's “33rd Annual Salary Survey” reflects more diversity entering the logistics management market, and in marked contrast to 2016, paints a rosier outlook for career placement and advancement.

Under Walmart’s umbrella, ModCloth will have more working capital, be able to open more stores faster, and take advantage of back-end efficiencies, but can the combined companies win in the enormous category of retail fashion online?

The fourth industrial revolution brings a new operational risk for smart manufacturers and digital supply networks: cyber, and in the age of Industry 4.0, cybersecurity strategies should be secure, vigilant, and resilient, as well as fully integrated into organizational strategy from the start.

As part of the ongoing collaboration between Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business and APICS Supply Chain Council, the Beyond the Horizon research project is investigating how the supply chain management discipline is evolving into the future.

Partners from a wide variety of industries come together to create the 11th Plug and Play vertical focused on global startups that aim to rebuild the technology behind supply chain and logistics.

As drones become more commonplace, the risk of physical harm from an unskilled pilot or out-of-control copter increase, so researchers at Virginia Tech are finding out how to make these machines safer, with help from a bunch of dummies, of course.

Nearly 70% of retail decision makers surveyed are ready to make changes to adopt the Internet of Things (IoT), and 65% plan to invest in automation technologies for inventory management and planogram compliance by 2021.

A new report by the Kauffman Foundation suggests entrepreneurship is on the rebound, but growth has been unequal, the report sees three megatrends shaping the future of entrepreneurship: new faces in demographics, new maps of geography and new natures of technology.

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February, and the overall economy grew for the 93rd consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business.

Amazon has become near-synonymous with online shopping in the US, but it’s barely a blip in the Chinese market, and according to a recent report, Amazon’s China site holds less than 1% of the country’s $378 billion e-commerce business in terms of market share.

Trade developments in 2016 reflected a number of factors including slow global growth and low commodity prices, as well as increased policy uncertainty and maturing global value chains, 2016 is the fifth consecutive year of slow trade growth and the year with the weakest performance in trade since the global financial crisis.

The report includes global spare parts logistics market estimates, which are further calculated at the country/region level and for major industry verticals, and details the logistics capabilities of seven leading providers.