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Fleet Management
Steep Tariffs & Sanctions are Pain Points for Global Trade Professionals
Over 81% of trade professions agree that the solution to rapidly changing customs and tax environments is found in adopting more capable global trade technologies.
Transportation
An Inside Look at Driver Recruitment and Retention at Coca-Cola United
Transportation
Catena Solutions to Help Companies Build More Resilient Supply Chains
3PL/4PL
Leading 3PL To Announce One-Stop Portal for Customers & Employees
Trucking
Demand for Zero-Emission Trucks Fuels Rapid Adoption
Trucking
How Fleet Managers Can Recruit and Retain the Next Generation of Truck Drivers
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Sourcing & Procurement
An Inside Look at Procurement Trends with Amazon Business
Supply and Demand Chain Executive interviews Todd Heimes, global director of Amazon Business worldwide, to learn about procurement technology today and the e-commerce giant’s strategy in digital sourcing.
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Software & Technology
Supply & Demand Chain Executive Honors Women of the Supply Chain
Supply & Demand Chain Executive introduces the recipients of its third annual Women in Supply Chain award.
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Transportation
Convoy Introduces Hi-Fi Visibility
Hi-Fi Visibility offers detailed, real-time updates across trailer pools and shipments hauled by Convoy-connected carriers, with analytics to improve supply chain health.
3PL/4PL
3PLs, Shippers Facing Talent Pool Crisis
Hourly workers (e.g., pickers and packers) and licensed hourly workers (e.g., truck drivers and equipment operators) continue to be the hardest roles for companies to hire and retain.
Fleet Management
AI-Powered Territory Planner Offers Route Optimization
The AI-powered territory planning seamlessly connects to DispatchTrack’s hybrid routing capabilities to ensure that territory plans can be translated into daily routes.
Warehousing
It’s Time for Constrained Supply Chain Planning
The promise of summer is warm, sunny days ahead. Unless you’re a supply chain prognosticator. For those working in supply chain and manufacturing planning, the weather is as cloudy as ever – and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better.
Sourcing & Procurement
How To Boost Procurement Value
The time has come for the procurement function to take a leading role in addressing top-priority issues facing organizations, from unethical labor practices to getting to net-zero emissions to recruiting top talent to enabling unique customer experiences.
Transportation
Female Technicians in Transportation Remains Low
The 2022 WIT Index shows that only 3.7% of technicians in transportation companies are women.
Warehousing
Trading in Sweatpants for Suits -- Navigating an Unpredictable Supply Chain
Despite a harsh economic climate, the war in Ukraine, and pandemic hotspots, consumers are not only out and about, they are willing to spend.
Software & Technology
How An AI-Powered Negotiation Strategy Can Hedge Against a Recession
The stock market’s recent volatility, along with U.S. gross domestic product’s surprising decline at a 1.4% pace in the first quarter, and rampant inflation has many experts believing a recession is around the corner.
Risk/Compliance
Recession on the Horizon: Enable Radical Transparency
While it’s often helpful to look to the past for ways to manage future uncertainties, unlike the financial drivers of the past recession, this time around, the issues are different, and the supply chain drivers require a unique approach.
Software & Technology
5 Questions To Ask Before You Sign a Software Renewal
The cost burdens of annual software renewals really add up over time. Whether considering support for perpetual licenses or annual renewals for software subscriptions, companies in most cases resign themselves to a life of lock-in without questioning.
Warehousing
CSCMP Edge Brings Together Top Logistics Firms Under One Roof
Connect with supply chain professionals to discover the latest innovations, new strategies and best practices.
Last-Mile
Tech and Last-Mile Logistics Lessons From Amazon’s Prime Day Playbook
Since its debut in 2015, Amazon Prime Day has set an example for e-commerce companies to create exciting growth opportunities outside of the traditional end-of-the-year holiday season.
Transportation
New TomTom Application Offers Truck Navigation
The TomTom's GO Navigation truck plan enables drivers to plan routes that account for their vehicle’s dimensions, fuel requirements, desired maximum speeds and cargo.
Warehousing
A Flock of Black Swans: Planning Ahead Despite Constant Change
Previous best practices definitions will never be the same.
Software & Technology
4 Ways Digitalization Enables Supply Chain Agility
There are no quick fixes for a supply chain that’s spent decades growing ever more complicated and interconnected, but there are some long-term remedies.
Software & Technology
Supply & Demand Chain Executive Honors Women of the Supply Chain
Supply & Demand Chain Executive introduces the recipients of its third annual Women in Supply Chain award.
Risk/Compliance
The Opportunities and Risks From ITC Section 337
Parties found in violation of Section 337 can be barred from importing goods found to infringe into the United States.
E-Commerce Solutions
How Retailers Can Get Recession Ready
With these tools, retailers can find innovative new ways to not only protect margins, but engage new customers, identify new revenue streams, and help recession-proof their supply chain ahead of the fourth quarter.
Risk/Compliance
Weather-Proofing Supply Chains Against Climate Risk
From severe heatwaves, fire-ravaged and drought-stricken regions, record-breaking tornado strikes, to catastrophic flooding, headline-creating weather events are wreaking havoc of supply chains.
E-Commerce Solutions
Last Mile Agility is the Name of the Game for the Second Half of 2022
The fluidity of last mile logistics adapting to current and foreseeable trends is a precise process. Being steadfast, yet flexible in the last mile is crucial for success.
Fleet Management
Autonomous Trucks to Solve Driver Shortage Issue?
Shippers said reduced costs and better reliability are the most important benefits of autonomous truck adoption.
Trucking
Benefits of Predictive Maintenance for the Logistics Industry
Predictive maintenance models, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), can anticipate potential problems related to battery and engine performance to ensure the reliability and security of vehicles.
Software & Technology
How Decision Intelligence Can Transform Industrial and Supply Chain Operations
Let’s explore how enterprises can optimize their existing digital operations with AI and automation that can help mature capabilities of digital intelligence, including what’s required and what the process looks like.
Fleet Management
Rail Shutdown Could Slow, Halt Shipments in Every Market
This shutdown could slow or completely halt shipments in every market, including food, agriculture, automotive, electronics, ingredients, chemicals, UPS packages and more.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Robotics, Automation to Future-Proof Reshoring, Nearshoring Efforts
Despite the appetite for automation, the survey found a significant gap in the education and training needed to ensure the skills necessary for work in the increasingly connected and automated workplaces of the future.
Women in Supply Chain
Women in Supply Chain: More Voices at the Table Will Solve Problems
Find out who Supply and Demand Chain Executive’s overall winner is for our Women in Supply Chain Award 2022 in this exclusive reveal and interview conducted by managing editor Brielle Jaekel.
Trucking
Resilient Trucking: How Trucking Companies Navigated the E-Commerce Boom
In just the past five years, the supply chain industry has seen massive changes in how its processes work across the entire sector.
Sourcing & Procurement
Build a Bottom-Up, Value Driven Business Case for Automating Source To Pay Processes
This article will look at the process of building your business case from a non financial point of view.
Fleet Management
Rail Strike to Embargo Shipments, Further Cripple Supply Chain
President Biden's 60-day cooling period expires Sept. 16, and only Congress can act to prevent a work stoppage. Otherwise, nearly 30% of the nation's freight will come to a grinding halt.
Warehousing
Securing Manufacturing During Supply Chain Disruptions
To meet increasing demand, manufacturing companies are prioritizing speed of production over necessary security modernization, creating a window of opportunity for cybercriminals to find vulnerabilities and launch attacks.
