Supply & Demand Chain Executive

3 Things Manufacturers and Distributors Can Learn from Millennials

Seventy-four percent of business-to-business buyers are researching at least half of business purchases online

Chip House

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Risk/Compliance

East Coast Ports Look to Capitalize on Continued Growth as Panama Canal Opens

The question is whether the expanded Panama Canal spurs shippers to move Asian imports through East and Gulf ports

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Risk/Compliance

Most Auditors in Asia Find Child Labor in Supply Chains

The majority of supply chain auditors across Asia have encountered child labor in the last two years

Two of the world’s largest coffee companies Nestle and Jacobs Douwe Egberts say beans bought from Brazilian plantations may have been grown using slave labor because they do not know the names of all the plantations that supply them.

Risk/Compliance

Turbulence and Uncertainty for the Market After Brexit

Market volatility and a potential economic slowdown could affect demand for global products and services

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Sourcing & Procurement

Five Personality Traits of Successful Procurement Leaders

Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)

Perhaps the most important skill of a leader is giving back to the profession and having time for everyone.

William L. Michels

Risk/Compliance

What Is your Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement?

Seasoned negotiators probably think through their walkaway point instinctively as they prepare for their negotiation

Vengat Narayanasamy

Sourcing & Procurement

2016 Enterprise Business-to-Business Demand Generation Research Study

Only 7 percent of respondents said their personnel had the skillset to be effective at executing demand generation strategy.

Amazon Beginning to Use Robots in its Warehouses and They’re Already Making a Huge Difference

Each Kiva-equipped warehouse can hold 50 percent more inventory per square foot than centers without robots

At the end of the third quarter of 2015, Amazon was using 30,000 Kiva robots across 13 warehouses. Each Kiva-equipped warehouse can hold 50 percent more inventory per square foot than centers without robots.

Risk/Compliance

Three Southeast Asian Nations to Designate Shipping Corridor in Piracy Battle

The nations agreed to designate a transit corridor for commercial vessels crossing a maritime zone hit by a spate of hijackings

Nearly 20 Indonesian and Malaysian tugboat crews have been kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf militants this year.

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KION Group to Acquire Dematic for $2.1 Billion

Dematic Corporation

KION GROUP will become one of the leading global providers of intelligent intralogistics solutions by acquiring Dematic

After deductions for certain liabilities, the KION Group expects the purchase price for the shares to amount to approximately $2.1 billion USD, based on an enterprise value of Dematic of $3.25 billion.

Risk/Compliance

Supply Chain Cyber Risks: What's at Stake for your Business?

Integrating supply chains and systems creates opportunities for cyber criminals to infiltrate systems by penetrating the weakest link

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