- 21. Businesses Brace for as Much as Six Months Disruption
- (Supply)
- ... The areas that have been halted include the hiring of staff, rollout of new products and services, investment in new IT hardware and software, and investment in new IT infrastructure. Those that have IT ...
- 22. Blockchain Could Help During Pandemic
- (News)
- Blockchain could be deployed to help hospitals get resources during the pandemic, reports Roll Call. Companies that specialize in moving goods from one place to another are starting to use the technology ...
- 23. Amazon Small Business Opportunity
- (Logistics)
- ... succeed. It is up to the owner to hire and train their staff, learn about benefits and finances, and manage a growing company. Unfortunately, there’s no guarantee that you’ll excel even with Amazon’s help. ...
- 24. Turvo Gains Key Uber Freight Staff
- (News)
- According to Freight Waves, three key members of Uber Freight have left there to join Turvo, a supply chain software startup. Read the article onFreight Waves
- 25. Optimizing Multiple Sites To Maximize Capacity Using AI
- (Technology)
- ... a prescribed rate of fill quantity or product to manufacture. Site A experiences unexpected downtime on the line, and the site staff investigates. A report goes out about the downtime on the line, and ...
- 26. Yes, There is a Trend
- (Technology)
- ... global supply chain. The US Department of Homeland Security is adding staff to look into securing the government supply chain with blockchain. These are only the large players in the blockchain development ...
- 27. Rethink Fraud Strategy as Average Merchant’s Costs Climb to $15.5 Million
- (News)
- ... more in-house staff is an added expense that doesn’t always deliver a return on investment, which is why a growing number of CFOs have found it’s more effective and cost-efficient to outsource fraud prevention ...
- 28. Supply Chain and the TCJA Effect on Jobs
- (Management)
- ... factors would indicate a tighter market for jobs along the supply chain where demand for better, faster performance means more employees focused on logistics details. But employers competing for staff ...
- 29. Pilot Offers Expanded Logistics Management Solutions
- (News)
- ... building and staff have met rigorous documentation requirements to ensure quality processes and procedures. Upon opening, the warehouse will operate five days a week with after-hours and holiday on-call ...
- 30. Supply Chain Digitization Research
- (News)
- Despite everything we've read over the past couple years, digitization of the supply chain isn't the be-all-end-all to many companies. Recent research by McKinsey tells us it's barely on the radar of CEOs.The ...
- 31. It's Integration Time
- (Integration)
- ... systems, ERP, WMS, CRM, and so on, was something with which the IT staff had to be involved. Then, once up and running, somebody had to monitor the operation and handle exceptions. You know what? Those ...
- 32. Supply Chain Drones
- (News)
- Although Amazon isn't dropping packages on your lawn from its drone skyforce yet, that doesn't mean they're not being used in supply chains. Drones are not only enhancing 'traditional' supply chain processes, ...
- 33. Integration is Still an Issue
- (Integration)
- ... the time and effort needed to pull it off. Build a business case by determining the current costs that can be avoided through integration. These can include staff time and costs due to errors when data ...
- 34. Supply Chain Lessons From a Leader
- (News)
- Daniel Myers, who currently manages over 60,000 employees for Mondelez and has been a supply chain leader for decades, recently sat down for a career profile interview with the DC Velocity staff.He describes ...
- 35. The Inventory Balancing Act
- (News)
- ... made demands that are putting even more pressure on managers, according to the staff at Supply Chain Digest. In a recent article, they look at how major retailers are responding and the impact it's having ...
- 36. Use Your Suppliers to Innovate
- (News)
- Today's new acronym: SEI, or supplier-enabled innovation. It makes sense to involve your supply chain partners in developing ideas to improve processes and profitability, does it not?The staff at Supply ...
- 37. Maximizing Value in the Procurement Function
- (News)
- Supply chain managers aren't doing it right, at least according to a recent article by Guy Stafford. They need to begin applying resources where and when they create the most value within the procurement ...
- 38. Last Mile Delivery Discussion
- (News)
- The battle to determine the winners and losers for control of the 'last mile' continues. A recent Q & A session with an experienced consultant and an industry veteran by the Supply Chain Digest staff uncovers ...
- 39. Supply Chain Managers as Business Leaders
- (Management)
- ... group and become role models for new hires as well as staff beyond their own department. Digital transformation - The enterprise may be focused on digital transformation but nowhere is the change more ...
- 40. Everything Is In the Cloud - Except for B2B transactions
- (Technology)
- ... systems.’ We mean electronically as in EDI or any kind of digital process. How is that even possible after the tremendous efforts dedicated to EDI implementations, staffing for electronic transfers, and ...
Most Read
-
-
Feb 13 2013
-
Written by Scott Koegler
-
-
-
Feb 17 2012
-
Written by Scott Koegler
-
-
-
Feb 13 2019
-
Written by Scott Koegler
-
-
-
Jul 18 2017
-
Written by Super User
-