Psychology of Mishandling

July 2, 2015

Monitoring establishes accountability. It's an important element in any robust supply chain program. It means the package is important. It means that somewhere, someone is monitoring it. Someone knows where it is and how it's being treated.

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SCN Summit: Future of the Supply Chain Kicks Off Dec. 3

SCN Summit: Future of the Supply Chain kicks off Dec. 3. Experts from PLM Fleet, Datex Corp. and Alteryx will talk about how to leverage clean technologies, warehouse management and analytics automation.

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Fostering Agile Supply Chains with Data Analytics: Alexis Asks

Supply chain resiliency requires the ability to predict, prepare and act on insights before disruptions occur— this is no longer a luxury.

Pros to Know Award: Nominations Open

This award recognizes influential individuals whose accomplishments offer a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage supply chain for competitive advantage. Submissions close Dec. 27.

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Transportation Capacity Management Helps to Improve the Carrier-Shipper Relationship

Transportation capacity management is not just a tool for efficiency but a strategic asset for strengthening carrier-shipper relationships. By leveraging TMS, shippers can build trust, enhance collaboration and achieve cost efficiencies.

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AI to Have a Huge Role in 2024 Holiday Deliveries: Survey

As holiday season demand ramps up, a recent survey commissioned by Merchants Fleet found more than half of fleet decision-makers citing supply chain disruptions as a top concern.

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Scandit Releases SDK 7.0: Evolving Smart Data Capture with Intelligence

SDK 7.0 addresses the toughest scanning challenges, with an array of intelligent additions, across industries including retail, logistics, manufacturing and air travel.

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Social Engineering is a Common Entry Point in Warehouse Cyberattacks: Research

Ivanti releases its latest report on Supply Chain and Warehouse Trends in 2024 and Beyond, which reveals the state of the industry, key insights from insiders and trends to watch.

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Everstream Analytics Appoints New CEO to Drive Next Stage of Growth

Personnel updates sees new appointments at SourceDay, Savage and more.

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Gartner Identifies 3 Advancements in Generative AI That Will Shape the Future of Procurement

Agentic reasoning, multimodality and AI agents are the advancements that will redefine how procurement operates and significantly impact the agendas of chief procurement officers (CPOs).

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Model N Introduces GenAI and Intelligent Innovations to Revenue and Compliance Offering

Integrating GenAI and intelligent data into the company’s Channel Data Management, Formulary Compliance and Provider Management solutions showcases Model N's strong commitment to delivering continuous innovation.

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Manufacturers Prioritize Targeted Investments in Their Digital and Data Foundation: Survey

Deloitte’s 2025 Manufacturing Industry Outlook explores trends to help leaders shape strategies and priorities in the coming year.

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PopCapacity Announces Its Own AI Design to Power PopCapacity Pro

PopCapacity announces that the newly released PopCapacity Pro, the third iteration of its powerful platform, is driven by the company’s own in-house-developed AI technology.

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Holiday Shipping Will be Slower, Pricier This Year: Research

To understand the role that last-mile delivery will play in holiday 2024, Coresight Research conducted a survey of consumers and found that most holiday shoppers plan to use regular delivery to receive their online holiday purchases.

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Burnout Having Little Impact on Employee Engagement: Report

Most notably, DHR Global’s report finds that 88% of workers reported feeling very or extremely engaged, but 82% are experiencing burnout.

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Thomson Reuters Expands Partnership with Oracle with Turnkey Embedded E-Invoicing Capabilities

Designed to transform the e-invoicing landscape, and supported by early partners like Accenture, this integration aims to help streamline e-invoicing processes, particularly in countries with stringent mandates.

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Rebranding of goTRG to ReturnPro Promotes Future of Returns Management

goTRG announces a strategic rebranding and name change to ReturnPro. This new identity underscores the Company's position as the only fully integrated returns management solution to solve returns.

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Jabil and Cyferd Unveil AI-Driven, Fully Autonomous Supply Chain Platform

Jabil announces ID8 Global, a joint venture with Cyferd. Together, they are introducing a generative AI-driven, autonomous supply chain and procurement software platform.

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Workrise Bid Management to Streamline the Energy Industry’s Bidding Process

The product streamlines and optimizes the bidding process on energy projects, benefiting both operators and the suppliers they rely on to complete and maintain projects in the field.

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Factory Demand Weakens Across Major Economies in October: GEP Index

The index remained in territory that indicated one of the highest levels of spare capacity at global suppliers in over a year during October, with no imminent turnaround in Western manufacturing in sight.

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Aptean Expands Warehouse Management Capabilities

Aptean announces the acquisition of Indigo Software Limited (“Indigo Software”), which adds new capabilities to its warehouse management and supply chain management offerings.

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Zilliant Enables Sellers to Close Deals Faster with Automated Customer-Specific Pricing in CPQ

Zilliant announces the automation of customer-specific pricing and negotiated sales agreements in Zilliant CPQ.

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AutoStore Strengthens Leadership Team with CCO

Personnel updates sees new appointments and promotions at Resilinc, Critical Manufacturing and more.

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Sayari Launches Signal to Simplify Trade Risk Detection

Sayari releases Sayari Signal, a game-changing export and import (EXIM) trade compliance risk data solution designed to identify non-list-based regulatory risks in global trade.

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Unlock the Potential of Your Supply Chain Data with AWS Supply Chain Analytics

This new feature helps you to build custom report dashboards using your data in AWS Supply Chain. With this feature, your business analysts or supply chain managers can perform custom analyses, visualize data and gain actionable insights.

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QAD Redzone Debuts New AI Capabilities to Drive Meaningful Productivity Gains in Manufacturing

QAD Redzone announces the launch of Champion AI, a groundbreaking suite of AI-driven capabilities designed to empower the frontlines with predictions, recommendations, proactive problem solving, and enhanced productivity.

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Almost a Quarter of Small Businesses Have Fewer Than Six Months of Cash Reserves: Survey

Stenn releases new findings highlighting where small to medium (SMB) business leaders need support.

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ZAPI GROUP Acquires UBIQUICOM to Expand Leadership in Material Handling Automation

ZAPI GROUP announces acquisition of UBIQUICOM, which bolsters ZAPI GROUP's standing as a comprehensive systems integrator for electrification and warehouse automation.