- 1. Drivers' HOS Laws are Relaxed for the First Time in 82 Years
- (Logistics)
- ... Administrator Jim Mullen stated, “Because of the decisive leadership of President Trump and Secretary Chao, this declaration will help America’s commercial drivers get these critical goods to impacted ...
- 2. Trade War could Affect Holiday Season
- (Retail)
- ... Free Trade, an industry coalition knows this all to well. In a letter the group sent to President Donald Trump in August declared - “With some products facing tariffs as high as 30%, many businesses will ...
- 3. Effects of Tariffs on the US Supply Chain
- (Supply)
- ... to move a percentage of their production out of China with many other business following suite. United States President Donald Trump had initially urged these companies to bring their production back ...
- 4. Tariffs Cause Problems in Supply Chain
- (News)
- The Trump administration’s tariffs could cause a disruption to the supply chain, reports Forbes. However, those tariffs aren’t the only things that can cause a problem in the supply chain. Read ...
- 5. Supply Chains Prepare for Political Impacts
- (News)
- The frenetic and sometimes chaotic-seeming political atmosphere we've been experiencing tends to keep supply chain managers and planners up at night.Thankfully, thoughtful analysts like Bob Ferrarri are ...
- 6. A Broader Set of 2017 Predictions
- (News)
- Many publications stick to technology in making predictions for the future. One thing I really like about the Supply Chain Matters site is its broader perspective.In his annual article on the new year's ...
- 7. 2016 In the Read View Mirror
- (News)
- 2016 was quite a year, wasn't it? Supply Chain Digest's Dan Gilmore boils down the top trends and stories in a concise article about what made it so interesting.As usual, a lot of it's technology, but ...
- 8. Trump's Impact on Supply Chain
- (News)
- Supply chain professionals are the many folks stuggling to figure out what a Trump presidency will mean.Kevin O'Marah takes a shot at predicting how actions associated with the President-elect's previous ...
- 9. A Rough Ride Ahead
- (News)
- Business leaders crave consistency. Our recent presidential election has introduced a dose of unpredictability into events, and executives are trying to make decisions based on guesses and assumptions.Bob ...
- 10. The Election and the Supply Chain
- (News)
- For a different perspective on Donald Trump's election, we look to Bob Ferrarri on the Supply Chain Matters site. He takes a little deeper dive into supply chain-specific effects.Again, although the results ...
- 11. Spend Matters View of Trump's Electio
- (News)
- The surprise 'win' by Donald Trump at the polls has shaken things up a bit. That could be the understatement of the year....Jason Busch, on the Spend Matters site, looks at the high level impact on procurement ...
- 12. Omnichannel Nirvana
- (Retail)
- ... delivery options available from online purchases, 75% of consumers prefer free "expedited" shipping with 2-3 day delivery. That even trumps next day shipping with only a minor upcharge. So it's interesting ...
- 13. Global Business, Trade Sanctions, and Taxation Affect Everyone
- (Management)
- Just when doing business on a global scale seemed to be getting more manageable there is an increasing number of signs that indicate gamesmanship is going to trump openness... sooner than later. If there ...
- 14. The ERP Project Champion
- (News)
- Anyone who's been through an ERP implementation knows they generally don't run perfectly. That's an understatement. However, the best projects usually have one thing in common: a champion.In a VAR Guy ...
- 15. Big Data Trumps Big Research
- (News)
- Will Big Data put traditional research methods out of business? Or is there room for both approaches?In a Forbes article, Peter Daboll comes down pretty solidly on the side of Big Data. Check out his 5 ...
- 16. Survey on Sustainability
- (News)
- Building sustainability into the supply chain is almost universally agreed to be a good thing. However, where the rubber meets the road, cost control sometimes trumps it.ROI is the king, and sustainability ...
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