- 21. Is Our Food Supply at Risk?
- (Logistics)
- ... In Vermont, dairy farmers are expected to see “catastrophic losses” according to secretary of the Agency of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts. Agriculture farms are also struggling to keep up with demand of ...
- 22. Drivers' HOS Laws are Relaxed for the First Time in 82 Years
- (Logistics)
- For the first time in 82 years the hour of services (HOS) laws for truck drivers have been relaxed to help get needed supplies to struggling businesses and hospitals across the United States. As the novel ...
- 23. Stronger Supply Chains Needed
- (News)
- ... and health care agencies work to stop the spread of Covid-19 and to treat those who are infected, manufacturers in more than a dozen industries are struggling to manage the epidemic’s growing impact on ...
- 24. Supply Chain Industry on Edge as Coronavirus Continues to Spread
- (Supply)
- ... to the World Trade Organization, China exported $161 billion dollars in apparel and $106 billion in textile in 2016) – the fashion industry has been struggling to keep up with demand as Chinese factories, ...
- 25. Macy's Revamps Supply Chai
- (News)
- In an effort to save the flagging company, Macy’s executives have decided to scrap everything including their supply chain, reports Supply Chain Dive. Macy's executives have a diagnosis for their struggling ...
- 26. GreyOrange Launches Next Era Fulfillment Operating System
- (News)
- ... and technology to modernize fulfillment for throughput speed, scale, accuracy and yield. “Many companies are struggling to keep up with expectations for same-day and next-day delivery along with store ...
- 27. IBM's Platform in Troubl
- (News)
- IBM’s blockchain efforts are not meeting expectations, reports the Innovation Enterprise. Their TradeLen’s blockchain platform isn’t onboarding partners as fast as the company would like. Read ...
- 28. Trade Lens by IBM-Maersk Needs Shippers
- (News)
- The IBM-Maersk joint supply chain platform is suffering from a lack of co-signers, reports Coin Desk. In order for Trade Lens to work, other carriers must sign on with the platform, but it seems many aren’t ...
- 29. Hospitals Running Inefficient Supply Chains
- (News)
- According to Supply Chain Dive, U.S. hospitals are struggling with medical supply shortages. The shortages can be ascribed to inefficient supply chain. Read the article on Supply Chain Dive
- 30. Retailer Struggles Without Good Supply Chain
- (News)
- H & M is struggling to remain profitable, but it’s failure to invest in new supply chain technology is hurting them, reports Modern Material Handling. Read the article on Modern Material Handling ...
- 31. Have You Connected the Dots Yet?
- (Management)
- Let’s have some fun with math. What EDI translator does your company use? For that matter, what ERP, 3PL, or other service is on your short list? Next, how many trading partners do you have? And finally, ...
- 32. Uber and the Last Mile Challenge
- (News)
- At this point, pretty much everyone has either used or has heard of Uber, the software/taxi-replacement company. With so many companies struggling to compete in ecommerce with Amazon and others, would ...
- 33. Amazon's Supply Chain Prowes
- (News)
- Amazon's the leader, and everyone else is struggling to keep pace in the ecommerce world. Their secret weapon may be the Amazon supply chain.Alexa Cheater on the 21st Century Supply Chain site examines ...
- 34. The Changing Consumer Model
- (News)
- According to the Supply Chain Shaman, Lora Cecere, if you're a retailer you need to be ready to ship to the EACH. That's the message in a recent post about changing customer value chains.Several trends ...
- 35. Integration in the B2B World
- (Integration)
- Let’s have some fun with math. What EDI translator does your company use? For that matter, what ERP, 3PL, or other service is on your short list? Next, how many trading partners do you have? And finally, ...
- 36. The Year of Omnichannel
- (News)
- 2015 may well be considered the Year of the Omnichannel Consumer. According to research from several sources reported on the PYMNTS site, changes in supply chains and in the purchasing process of retail ...
- 37. Bridging the Talent Gap
- (News)
- One of the biggest challenges for supply chains is attracting and keeping talent. Due to demographics and an image problem, companies often struggle to find people who want to get into purchasing, logistics, ...
- 38. eCommerce Effects on Supply Chains
- (News)
- eCommerce is still a relatively small part of the retail scene, but its growth is driving important changes. Supply chains in particular are struggling to make the decisions that will keep them relevant.Daphne ...
- 39. Report To Reveal Strategic Insights For Marketing Supply Chain Management
- (Supply)
- ... says global expansion has led to increasingly diverse distribution needs. Those demands are complicating the responsibilities of enterprise marketers who are struggling to manage and control their marketing ...
- 40. Closing the Omnichannel Gap
- (News)
- With as much as we've read about omnichannel consumers, you'd think retailers would have their acts together on how to market, sell, and service them. Not so, according to Jason Wallis on the Internet ...
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