- 41. What does crypto currency have to do with the supply chain?
- (Management)
- There’s plenty of volitility in the standard international monetary market where exchange rates can vary based on any number of factors. And the recent enormous swings in the value of the most visible ...
- 42. Sustainability in the Chain
- (Management)
- When we hear about ‘sustainability’ the idea immediately conjurs up images of green trees and recycled paper. And that’s pretty much been the focus of sustainability initiatives around the world for years. ...
- 43. Bar Codes in food and drugs
- (Technology)
- Bar codes have been with us for a while now and their application makes tracking products and processing sales simple. For grocers it has meant the demise of the label gun and the need to update price ...
- 44. Will Digital Tech Save Your Supply Chain?
- (Integration)
- Your supply chain has changed over the last couple years. Chances are that you’ve made technology improvements on your end but even if you haven’t changed a thing, some segments of your chain have changed ...
- 45. Supply Chain and the TCJA Effect on Jobs
- (Management)
- The TCJA or Tax Cut Jobs Act of 2017 is in full swing as companies try to first understand its short term and long term implications on their operations and then apply the advantages to their businesses. ...
- 46. Tracking in the Warehouse
- (Technology)
- Managing orders in a fast moving environment can lead to some unusual (and sometimes strange) conditions. And when conditions are extremely time sensitive even the position of a worker’s hands can make ...
- 47. Technologies are defining the supply chain
- (Technology)
- Technology can be a tremendous help in getting our products to market and there are plenty of technologies finding their way into both the supply chain and the products traveling along the paths to market. ...
- 48. Amazon Go - It’s all about the back end
- (Retail)
- The first consumer available Amazon Go store opened and every grocery cashier is looking at their paycheck. Well that’s probably an overstatement and in fact Amazon has been testing its Go concept on its ...
- 49. Managing the supplier relationship makes business better
- (Retail)
- The relationship between supplier and customer is critical to both parties. But it most often falls on the customer to manage that relationship because while the supplier has plenty at stake, the customer ...
- 50. Online Holiday Shoppers May Break Distribution Channels
- (Retail)
- Early results from 2017 holiday shopping show big increases in spending. As of this writing brick and mortar results are still preliminary with Cyber Monday and weekend online purchases still not tallied. ...
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