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Sourcing & Procurement
Tackling the E-Commerce Returns Problem
A frictionless return merchandise authorization system is an integral part of adapting your operations to manage growth.
Transportation
Parcel Audit Unlocks the Keys to Customer Retention and Profitability
In today’s new never normal and always unpredictable world, shippers are feeling the pressure to eliminate any non-essential expenses.
Sourcing & Procurement
Why Equipment Procurement Strategies Become More Innovative In 2021
These innovative programs will continue to serve businesses that need to right-size their fleet operations yet wish to remain competitive with their future truck procurement strategies in 2021.
Software & Technology
How a Supply Chain Execution System Complements Your ERP
Complementing rigid ERP systems with agile SES software can be the key competitive differentiator that will separate industrial leaders and laggards in the days ahead.
Software & Technology
There Can’t be a Successful Demand Chain Without Respect for Data
Digital tag technology gives chain participants potential transparency into the history of a product, provided data is governed responsibly along the way.
Warehousing
Working out the Bugs in Your Supply Chain
You can keep your facilities clean and enlist your entire team to watch for pest pressures with the right training and protocols.
Sourcing & Procurement
The Way Forward with E-Commerce Returns
As digital-first retail continues to take center stage in 2021, it’s clear that the management of e-commerce returns is an area brands and retailers can no longer afford to ignore.
Software & Technology
Why Real-Time Networks are Displacing Traditional Supply Chain Technologies
This built-in connectivity, efficiency and agility makes multi-party networks the preeminent approach to managing global supply chains.
Micro-Fulfillment
How Technology Supports Retail Supply Chains
Technology will make room for increased flexibility and more options within the delivery cycle, not only helping to offset some of the pressure the supply chain faces but also to help improve operations for retailers.
Software & Technology
How the Next Industrial Revolution is Shaping the Supply Chain Industry
2020 will go down in history as the link between the outgoing industrial period and the incoming technological age.
Sourcing & Procurement
The New Role of Digital Sales Manufacturing in 2021
Manufacturers globally will continue to evolve their sales, negotiating and delivery processes to remove all the complexities of antiquated methods. Those who adapt quickly will thrive, and those that move slowly — or not at all — will die off.
Sustainability
Strategic Sustainability Builds Better Relationships
There is no single sustainability strategy that will play across every industry and every business. The best approach is to follow your purpose and make it pay.
Sourcing & Procurement
Navigating the Path Forward with Financial Modeling
Flexible and dynamic models can change alongside the market, giving leaders greater insight and information while navigating unpredictable environments.
Sourcing & Procurement
The Impact of China’s Forced Labor on Supply Chain
Those who improve their supply chain for traceability will be more confident in providing the visibility and proof they need now and in the future.
Risk/Compliance
How to Protect Hospitals from Consignment Counterfeits and Other Threats in Today’s Internet of Medical Things
Internet of Medical Things technology is central to healthcare delivery in applications ranging from connected implantable devices to streamlining the supply chain.
Risk/Compliance
How Businesses Can Best Play the Hand They’ve Been Dealt in the Pandemic
Business leaders must assess three key areas when facing a changed environment. Their impact on cash is critical.
Warehousing
Tips to Get Ahead of Warehouse Pest Threats
Pest management professionals can share warehouse pest management best practices by identifying pest threats, addressing critical hot spots and involving your employees.
Sourcing & Procurement
3 Reimagined Pricing Strategies Amid Supply Chain Disruption
This three-step plan relies on data, people and technology, because in order to navigate the supply chain impacts of this pandemic, surgical pricing and cost management will become even more important.
Warehousing
Best Practices to Improving Worker Safety
It is important for workers, supervisors and managers to stay abreast of best practices that not only keep the supply chain moving, but also keep it moving safely.
Software & Technology
5 Trends in Supply Chain Analytics and Optimization in 2021
Here are several trends that should be on the radar of companies that develop in-house supply chain optimization models or make industrial supply chain management software.
Risk/Compliance
Remote Desktop Protocols are Attractive Targets to Cyberattackers
To avoid falling victim to cyberattacks, organizations, including manufacturers, must perform frequent vulnerability scans or third-party pen-testing to identify where their weak spots are.
Transportation
Aligning Driver Schedules to Freight Flow is Key to Profitability and Driver Retention
Technological advancements will help the trucking industry effectively ride the wave of volatile freight markets and have a competitive edge while keeping costs contained and drivers happier.
Sourcing & Procurement
Eastern European Payment Practices Suggest Difficult, Yet Hopeful Year Ahead
Despite the unprecedented challenges of this year, businesses in Eastern Europe are expecting quicker domestic rebounds, while the global economy is likely to face a slower recovery.