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The Top 10 Risks Facing Supply Chain Professionals
The results from Lehigh's latest Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index Report are in and cybersecurity is a bigger issue than ever.
Walmart’s Latest Service: Ultra Late-Night Delivery
Walmart customers can now place delivery orders until midnight, the latest in a series of recent programs aimed at accommodating the varying schedules of its customers.
South Korea Finally Overtakes China in Goods Exported to U.S.
Fueled by U.S. consumer demand for semiconductors, South Korea continues to make huge inroads as China fades.
SAP Unveils New AI-Driven Supply Chain Innovations
SAP's new AI-driven enhancements will leverage real-time data, enhance product development, and bolster manufacturing effectiveness.

Technology Resources

Boosting Productivity: The Benefits of Automation and AI for Consumer Products Companies
Utilizing technology to solve supply chain problems or seize new business opportunities for consumer products companies.
Unlocking Efficiency: Blue Yonder’s Real-Time Warehouse Management Solution
To maintain a competitive edge in an ever-evolving environment, manufacturers, retailers, distributors and third-party logistics providers need to...


Technology News

Amazon Files Patent for 3D Printing Delivery Trucks
Amazon filed for a patent for 3D printers mounted within trucks, which could then print customers' purchases on the fly and deliver them instantly, and save money by eliminating the need to import items and store them in warehouses.

The Logistics Transportation Market is Ready for Mobile
It’s time to throw onboard overboard. The “old days” of major hardware installations hard-wired into every vehicle are over. Conversion to a system using mobile phones, smart phones or tablets already in the hands of drivers is faster, more reliable and remarkably inexpensive.

FCC Votes to Protect the Internet with Title II Regulation
Title II is the FCC's strongest tool for enforcing open internet rules - A huge win for net neutrality.

Tech Trends 2015: The Fusion of Business and IT Report
In our sixth annual Technology Trends report, we outline eight trends that could potentially disrupt the way businesses engage their customers, how work gets done, and how markets and industries evolve.

Tech Trends 2015: The Fusion of Business and IT
A fundamental transformation is happening in the way C-suite leaders and CIOs collaborate to leverage disruptive change, chart business strategy, and pursue potentially transformative opportunities.

How Demand Sensing Mitigates Crisis Situations
In the same way that demand sensing can be used to monitor and mitigate on-shelf availability during extraordinary conditions, so can it be used for day-to-day operations.

Is Your B2B Infrastructure Future-Proof?
5 questions every enterprise should ask to avoid getting stuck in the past.

Supply Chain Visibility: Governing the Flow of Data in Manufacturing and Logistics
With fewer people to provide analytical support, yet exponentially more data to interpret, supply chain organizations are being asked to provide superior cost and service performance.

The 3Ps to Eliminating Out-of-Stocks: A New Paradigm for Inventory Management
A new paradigm is needed – one which brings all factors into play, and which enables a proactive approach to solving inventory problems before they occur.

Automating Time-Critical Business Processes & Governing the Flow of EDI Data
Selecting and migrating to a new EDI solution that provides native support for a full range of EDI formats, and is compatible with the corporate ERP, can be a daunting challenge.

Apple Learning To Make Self-Driving Electric Car
The Cupertino, Calif., company has several hundred employees working secretly toward creating an Apple-branded electric vehicle, according to people familiar with the matter.

No Amazon Drone Delivery Under New FAA Rules
US Federal Aviation Administration gives civilian drones the green light but Amazon's delivery plan is a no-no.

The Fantastic Apple Car Is a Fantasy
Forget the iWatch, Apple Pay, and the iPhone 7…the next big thing from Cupertino will be the Apple Car.

6 Ways Social Insights Inform Marketing Strategy
Marketing is evolving; it’s time to take your strategy to the next level, by harnessing the power of the single largest source of unsolicited consumer conversation: social media.

A Method of Automated Nonparametric Content Analysis for Social Science
By developing methods for analyzing textual data that optimize social science goals directly, we are able to considerably outperform standard computer science methods developed for a different purpose.

Winning Through Better Supply Chain Design
Because of this, a simple activity like mapping and visualizing supply chain flows can often spark critical questions such as, “Why are materials sourced from Region A, produced in Region B, then air-shipped as finished product back to Region A?”

Tech CEOs Skip Obama Cybersecurity Summit
Some analysts say the big tech dogs are staying away because of tensions between the White House and Silicon Valley.

Why (Supply Chain) Data Scientists Get Paid So Much
Turns out, what Data Scientists do is really hard - so if you're looking for one of the highest paid professions, data science is hard to beat.

Robert Half 2015 Technology Salary Guide
The evolution of technology begins with you - the evolution of technology salaries begins with our 2015 IT Salary Guide.

Transforming Your Company into a Data Science-Driven Enterprise
Considering the growing number of use cases relevant to your enterprise, what has changed is that these are no longer confined to legacy data-driven functions such as marketing or finance.


Featured Companies

XRS Corporation
Since 1985, we’ve been at the forefront of the development of technologies and services that have brought the power of science to the North American trucking industry. Along the way we created intuitive automated solutions that improve operations by integrating…
iDrive Logistics
Combining unmatched industry expertise with an exceptional business intelligence platform, iDrive Logistics provides intelligent solutions to small-parcel shippers across all industry verticals.
ShipChain
Shipping is complicated. It shouldn’t be. ShipChain is making transport and logistics more effective, secure and transparent by utilizing blockchain technology. It was founded with the mission of solving the greatest problems facing the logistics industry today. Our solution…
Reddwerks
At Reddwerks, we view order fulfillment within the four walls of a distribution center as a single, interconnected process. Our Warehouse Execution Software, powered by Distribution Science ®, combines execution with intelligence. We synchronize the discrete and low-level processes to create…
Honeywell
Honeywell Scanning & Mobility manufactures high-performance data collection hardware, including rugged mobile computers and bar code scanners purpose-built for supply chain environments. Our history with warehousing and distribution customers traces to the 1980s as LXE. Honeywell has pioneered solutions in…
Manhattan Associates
Manhattan Associates is a best-in-class global solutions provider for supply chain leaders- organizations intent on creating enduring market advantages by leveraging their supply chains. We help our customers successfully manage accelerating and fluctuating market demands, as well as master the…
G&D Integrated
G&D’s extensive logistics services meet our clients’ ever-changing needs with comprehensive, adaptable solutions. With more than a century of experience in the transportation industry, we understand the increasingly complex challenges of combining transportation, distribution and manufacturing with…
Korber Supply Chain
Körber Supply Chain uniquely provides a broad range of proven, end-to-end supply chain solutions fitting any business size, strategy, or appetite for growth. Capable of delivering not just software, but automation, voice, robotics, and materials handling – plus the expertise…
SICK
SICK is a leading manufacturer of factory, logistics and process automation technology worldwide. With more than 1,000 patents for its products, SICK continues to lead the industry in new product innovations. The diversity of its product line allows SICK to offer…
Demandware
Demandware, the category-defining leader of enterprise cloud commerce solutions, empowers the world’s leading retailers to continuously innovate in our complex, consumer-driven world. Demandware’s open cloud platform provides unique benefits including seamless innovation, the LINK ecosystem of integrated best-of-breed…
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