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Is Logistics Your Strategic Advantage?

With 2018 drawing to a close, business leaders are looking ahead to 2019, and warily eyeing a mixed bag of bullish and bearish outlooks on the next year's transportation market.

December 26, 2018

Delivery is the Difference: How to Win Customers and Sales with Better Shipping Options

By removing delivery anxiety, your single largest obstacle to converting orders can result in an up to 20 percent increase in sales, happier customers, fewer calls to customer support and an optimized delivery network.

December 21, 2018

Package Delivery

The Long Tail and Training Scarcity

Just like in the retail world, the old days for fleet training are gone and scarcity is no longer an issue as the internet allows people to be trained anywhere at any time, with no associated business disruption.

December 19, 2018

Risk/Compliance

Q&A: Supply Chain Predictions for 2019

SAP's Richard Howells answers a few of the industry’s biggest questions concerning technology, global trade and more, and offers his perspective on what supply chains could look like in 2019.

December 18, 2018

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How to Improve Your Supply Chain Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty

Epicor Software Corp.

As new tariffs are put in place between the U.S. and its global trading partners, uncertainty about the impact on supply chain networks is growing.

December 17, 2018

Sourcing Solutions

Total E-Procurement Adoption Starts with Upgrading the User Experience

Today’s consumers have come to expect user-friendly interfaces and an exceptional experience with each technology-based interaction they have. On its own, simply having a sleek and easy-to-navigate interface just doesn’t cut it anymore.

December 14, 2018

E-Commerce Solutions

Keeping Up with E-commerce

Kenco Logistic Services

While Amazon buys a van fleet, others are getting more creative.

December 12, 2018

Software Solutions

The Case for Machine Learning in Supply Chain Planning

The case for adopting machine learning techniques is logical. It is faster, cheaper, more accurate and is less human input for higher quality output. The case is very obvious — let’s take a look why.

December 10, 2018

Sourcing & Procurement

How E-commerce Affects B2B Purchasing Decisions

Similar to consumers, manufacturers are making more purchasing decisions online.

December 7, 2018

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3 Tips to Make Your Supply Chain Operations Sustainable

Supply chains involve complex and dynamic moving parts. To stay competitive, you must build a flexible system that can adapt to disruption, leverage the potential of all available resources, and tailor models to suit consumers’ diverse needs.

December 5, 2018

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Sourcing & Procurement

Are We Ready for Digital Procurement?

Depending on who you believe, digital procurement could either transform your team and how you work with stakeholders or it could eliminate the procurement department in another 20 years.

November 30, 2018

How to Create a Driving Safety Culture in Your Workplace

The requirements for creating and maintaining a culture of safety vary significantly from one industry to the next.

November 26, 2018

Female High School Students: The New Face of Trucking

A high school trucking program addresses the issues that the industry currently faces.

November 21, 2018

Risk/Compliance

Retailers Need a Plan for Brexit

The official transition period is less than a year away, putting the pressure on for retailers to quickly and accurately navigate the current and potential future impacts and possible outcomes of Brexit.

November 19, 2018

Software Solutions

OEM Technology to Drive Enterprise App Adoption

Ai2 - Access International

There are many challenges in guiding customers and employees through the change management process. Many technologies are purchased or developed without the thought of how they will be distributed, adopted and utilized.

November 16, 2018

Supply Chain Visibility

What Supply Chain Executives Need to Know About Blockchain

Even when limitations are considered, blockchain’s potential to transform the supply chain is clear.

November 14, 2018

Emerging Technologies

Artificial Intelligence: What’s Now and Next in IoT-Driven Supply Chain Innovation

Although the Internet of Things (IoT) is playing a significant role in today’s supply chain, advanced analytics-driven data aggregation platforms are now earmarked as an area to watch.

November 12, 2018

Marcell Vollmer

Storage Space: Once Seen as a Luxury is Now a Necessity

Invicta Pallet Racking

Storage has always been a pressing concern for businesses, but never more so than in 2018.

November 7, 2018

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