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Can High School Students Solve One of Trucking’s Biggest Problems?
With a current shortage of 80,000 drivers, the trucking industry is in dire need of new recruits. Is Gen Z interested?
The Rise of the Stanley Cup: A Supply Chain Challenge
This week's Talking Supply Chain podcast looks at what happens when an item goes viral and how companies can safeguard their supply chains.
U.S. Blocks Imports from 26 Chinese Cotton Firms Over Forced Labor
The U.S. has intensified its efforts against forced labor by blocking imports from 26 Chinese cotton companies.
DP World Expands Freight Network with New Texas Offices
DP World is boosting its North American operations with the opening of new freight forwarding offices in Dallas and Houston.

Supply Chain Resources

Navigating Procurement’s Digital Transformation with AI
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the role of AI in reshaping procurement and supply chain operations is...
GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report 2024
We’ve researched the five biggest trends in the supply chain space this year, and, drawing on our...


Supply Chain News

Honeywell Helps Apparel Logistics Group Triple Daily Output from Its Ecommerce Distribution Center
Honeywell Intelligrated’s technology and technical support services will help The Apparel Logistics Group expand its e-commerce parcel shipping capability, increase productivity at the shipping dock, ensure order accuracy and expand its value-added services capacity, which includes returned merchandise management and product customization.

8 Fundamentals for Achieving Artificial Intelligence Success in the Supply Chain
In the race to use AI, many companies have made attempts to implement it, but the results have been disappointing, and despite its benefits when looked at through the lens of a supply chain executive, AI is relatively useless unless it’s able to add value to support better decision-making.

USA Labor Day Weekend: What’s Your Burger Made Of?
The $90B global meat market is facing disruption, unlike anything it’s seen before, with new fake-meat products entering the market every day and consumers branching out from traditional beef products.

Implementing Blockchain into Your Supply Chain Workflow
Andrey Zhulin, co-founder and CEO of Insola, believes that blockchain technology should bring real value beyond the hype, and it should create new business opportunities, decrease costs and increase transparency, it can transform the whole economy, across all supply chain industries.

How to Mitigate the Fallout of International Trade Relations
This paper describes how the tariff wars can be credited for having achieved one thing: making strategic and seamless supply chain management a priority in the boardroom once again.

Ecommerce Returns – The New User Experience Battlefield
Within the past two years, retailers around the globe have begun to focus more on the entirety of the customer journey while building a successful supply chain; this includes the dreaded returns process.

A Guide To Omnichannel Fulfillment
According to a recent survey, only 22% of North American retailers consider “omnichannel efforts” a top priority, compare that to 2015 when 45% of retailers claimed the same.

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Sales Beat Insight Report
In this report, we describe how Locus provides automated sales beat plans to optimize the mobile workforce for increased profitability, resource efficiency, and time savings.

Using the Right Technology For Your Inventory Management
In this article, we share five insights to answer the question of why are inventory levels in the supply chain higher post-recession than before 2007 and offer guidance to better manage inventories in a complex supply chain world.

Resilience: The New Imperative for Successful Supply Chain Management Transformation
In this eBook we describe how supply chain resilience is used to; transform to support an outside-in, demand-driven operating model, respond to demand rather than forecasts and adjust to unexpected changes while still meeting service levels.

Resilient Supply Chains in a Politically Uncertain World
A dearth of supply chain suppliers is what global companies are now contending with, and unfortunately, there is no easy way out!

Trade Conflicts Across Country Lines
Global trade – and the supply chains that support it – is in a state of flux. here’s massive structural change in the cross-border flow of goods, thanks to greater trade liberalization among emerging economies.

The Future Supply Chain
This white paper details the challenges and technologies shaping the future supply chain and why companies and their supply chains must be agile and able to pivot and adapt to stay ahead of the competition.

IBM and Chainyard Collaborate to Simplify Supply Chain Management Using New Blockchain Network
Leading tech, telecom, pharma, beverage and manufacturing companies collaborate with IBM and Chainyard to streamline supply chain management using a new blockchain network; Anheuser-Busch InBev, Cisco GlaxoSmithKline, Lenovo, Nokia, Schneider Electric and Vodafone to tackle supplier information challenges.

What Every Executive Needs to Know About Control Towers in Supply Chain Management
In this 'paper' we describe how a network control tower is a collaborative platform that engages your trading partners in decision making for better decisions, better optimization, better teamwork, and ultimately better results.

Latest U.S. Tariff Plans Not Well Received By Global Supply Chain Stakeholders
President Donald Trump abruptly escalated his trade war with China, announcing that he would impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion in Chinese imports that aren’t yet subject to U.S. duties after setbacks in negotiations with Beijing.

A Recipe for an Efficient, Responsive and Sustainable Food Supply Chain
In this paper, we discuss the scope of the food waste problem, where it's happening, and how you can help solve the problem; while at the same time maximizing your operations to take advantage of current food industry trends.

Three Tips from Supply Chain Leaders
Supply Chain leaders are more likely to have above average supply chain performance.

Planning for Less Disruption in the Wake of Severe Weather and Disasters
Extreme weather events are becoming more widespread, but transportation and logistics pros can take steps to be better prepared and mitigate the impact.

Why Supply Chain Leaders Are Migrating to The Cloud
To meet market needs and effectively compete, organizations demand visibility, agility, and integration from their supply chains, on-premises SCM platforms simply can’t keep up - and leaders are leveraging the cloud to build more adaptable models.


Featured Companies

Intrigo
Intrigo Systems, Inc. is an SAP Channel Partner and a leading provider in Advisory, Implementation, and Support Services. We provide Business Applications focused on orchestrating Customer Value Networks in the changing SAP Enterprise technology landscape. Intrigo has also helped SAP…
National Center for Supply Chain Technology Education
A nationwide partnership has established the National Center for Supply Chain Technology Education. The goal of the Center is to increase the number of qualified supply chain technicians to meet the growing national need across the private and public supply…
Four Twenty Seven
Four Twenty Seven provides innovative tools and services to organizations seeking to understand climate impacts, assess risks to their operations or their stakeholders, and increase their resilience by developing and implementing climate adaptation measures.
Teradata
Teradata delivers real-time, intelligent answers, leveraging 100% of the relevant data, regardless of scale or volume of query. And we do it on-premises, in the cloud, and anywhere in between. It’s called Pervasive Data Intelligence.
Transporeon
The Transporeon Group links industrial and retail enterprises with their logistics service providers. The company, which has headquarters in Ulm and Kempten, does this via the Transporeon logistics platform, the Ticontract tendering platform and the Mercareon retail logistics platform. Over 1,000…
International Air Transport Association
IATA is an international trade body, created over 70 years ago by a group of airlines. Today, IATA represents some 265 airlines comprising 83% of total air traffic. The organization also represents, leads and serves the airline industry in general. IATA’s Director…
West Monroe
West Monroe’s team is made up of an uncommon blend of business savvy consultants and technical experts that work together to achieve sustainable success. Our business consultants are driven by opportunities to contribute to your commercial success. We partner…
Symbotic
A Simpler, Smarter and Better Warehouse Automation Solution Symbotic uses a disruptive and technological superior approach to automating warehouses that enables manufacturers, retailers and distributors to significantly simplify operations and reduce costs while increasing their ability to sort, store and…
Alteryx
Alteryx Analytic Process Automation provides a platform for supply chain with a unique approach to analytics, data sciences, and IA/ML enabling any organization to transform data into breakthroughs. Organizations utilize Alteryx supply chain automation solutions to anticipate shifts in…
Forrester Research
Forrester Research is one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world. We work with business and technology leaders to develop customer-obsessed strategies that drive growth. Forrester’s unique insights are grounded in annual surveys of more…
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Featured Downloads

Navigating Procurement’s Digital Transformation with AI
Navigating Procurement’s Digital Transformation with AI
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the role of AI in reshaping procurement and supply chain operations is undeniable. This whitepaper by...
Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
Download this whitepaper to learn Unified Control System (UCS), designed to orchestrate automated and human workflows across the warehouse, enabling automation technologies...

An Inside Look at Dropshipping
An Inside Look at Dropshipping
Korber Supply Chain’s introduction to the world of dropshipping. While dropshipping is not for every retailer or distributor, it does provide...
C3 Solutions Major Trends for Yard and Dock Management in 2024
C3 Solutions Major Trends for Yard and Dock Management in 2024
What trends you should be focusing on in 2024 depends on how far you are on your yard and dock management journey. This...
Packsize on Demand Packing Solution for Furniture and Cabinetry Manufacturers
Packsize on Demand Packing Solution for Furniture and Cabinetry Manufacturers
In this industry guide, we’ll share some of the challenges manufacturers face and how a Right-Sized Packaging On Demand® solution can...
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