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Sourcing & Procurement

MCI Rolls Out Syncron to Maximize Uptime for 28,000 Active Motor Coaches

The service parts management solution maximizes customer service capabilities by improving fill rates and optimizing inventory.

The parts distribution division of Motor Coach Industries (MCI), a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc., and the largest bus and motor coach manufacturer in North America, selected Syncron’s service parts inventory management solution to help reinvent the way it serves the more than 28,000 in-service motor coaches across the U.S. and Canada.

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Risk/Compliance

U.S. Trade Gap Widens to Almost One-Year High of $44.5 Billion

Slower-growing economies and a stronger dollar are limiting purchases of American-made merchandise by foreign customers.

A third-straight monthly pickup in imports coincides with a second quarter that saw the fastest pace of household spending since 2014. At the same time, purchases of American-made merchandise by foreign customers have been limited by slower-growing overseas economies and a stronger dollar.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Japan, China, U.S. Ports Seen at Highest Catastrophe Risk

These ports face the greatest financial risk from natural disasters due to vulnerable locations and increasing cargo volumes.

The Tobishima Pier Container Terminals at the Port of Nagoya. Nagoya leads all ports with a potential $2.3 billion cost to insurers from a one-in-500-year event because of the threat from earthquakes and windstorms, according to risk-modeling firm RMS Inc.

Emerging Technologies

Leading Digital Transformation in the Supply Chain

IDC Manufacturing Insights

Supply chain practitioners should proactively plan a strategy to digitally transform how their supply chain operates.

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Sourcing & Procurement

The Rise of Robotic Manufacturing and a New Wave of Workers

Software AG USA Inc.

Should the minimum wage increase to $15 an hour, manufacturers will increasingly embrace automation technology.

Sean Riley

Sourcing & Procurement

Optimizing the Supply Chain Using Advanced Analytics

The Hackett Group Inc.

Application of analytical toolsets facilitate timely and meaningful insights to drive decision-making across the supply chain

BJ’s Wholesale Club Taps CommerceHub for Next Phase of E-Commerce Growth

Rithum (formerly known as CommerceHub)

The warehouse chain further scaled its e-commerce business, bolstering online assortment, fulfillment and delivery.

BJ’s intends to also deploy CommerceHub’s customer-centric performance measurement capability, which helps provide greater visibility and control over supplier network compliance for on-time shipments and deliveries.

E-Commerce Solutions

Alibaba’s Plan to Loosen Up World Trade Is Ambitious

The company will reach out to countries to test how a new e-commerce platform spanning the globe might work.

Company founder and chief Jack Ma says he hoped global enterprises, including rival Amazon, would work together to create the new platform to connect smaller enterprises around the world.

Risk/Compliance

Businesses Must Do More to End Slavery in Supply Chains

More businesses are being encouraged to sign up to a database to help tackle modern slavery in U.K. supply chains.

According to U.K. law, all businesses operating in the U.K. with a global turnover of US$47.3 million or more must publish an annual statement on the steps they have taken to tackle slavery issues in their supply chains and in their own organization.

Holland & Honeywell: The Honeywell Pickup & Delivery Solution

Honeywell International

Holland & Honeywell: The Honeywell Pickup & Delivery Solution

Risk/Compliance

Brexit Creates Risks and Opportunities: Are Companies Prepared to Exploit Them?

Information is power and arbitrage opportunities are available for those armed with supply chain intelligence.

Bindiya Vakil

Three Lessons for Merchandising Success Ahead of Labor Day

Quri's Summer of Merchandising service gives merchandisers a look at in-store performance both on- and off-shelf.

Quri has been tracking merchandising performance both on- and off-shelf for 45 brands in 14 categories at Wal-Mart and Target stores for 16 weeks—from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

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