By 2014, 96% of Fortune 100 companies and 80% of Fortune 500 companies were using 3PL services. Continued growth in the e-commerce…
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Recently, we discussed the downsides to 5G in supply chains, but let’s now explore its potential positive impacts. Supply chains are experiencing…
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The Customer Is Always Right and Consumers Want Sustainability: IBM Study
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyPopularized by retail pioneers Harry Gordon Selfridge, John Wanamaker and Marshall Field, the slogan “the customer is always right” replaced caveat emptor…
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SpendEdge Identifies U.S. Electronics Supply Chain’s Biggest Challenges
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyAs a new decade begins amid trade and political uncertainty, London, U.K.-based SpendEdge has identified what it views as the biggest challenges…
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6 Types of Manufacturing Processes and Where We’re Headed with Them
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyAs supply chains become increasingly complex, with components sourced globally regardless of where manufacturing takes place, the manufacturing processes used to create…
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Supply Chain Finance Trends Indicate Rapid Growth
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyClearer regulatory guidance, customer demand for sustainability and global economic uncertainty are the trends that will lead to both strengthening the supply…
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Moving beyond the space station concept, where astronauts have spent up to a year living in space, the next phase for NASA…
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Supply Chains Becoming Connected Communities
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleyAs e-commerce continues to grow, trade patterns shift, and infrastructure imposes constraints on shipping, a recent study from Deloitte projects there will…
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By now, it’s no surprise that supply chain transparency is the ultimate goal. Transparency has become a must-have in today’s market. The…
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Robots are gaining traction across the supply chain. According to McKinsey & Company’s recent Industrial Robotics report, the lower costs of producing…
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Supply Chain Managers: Why Following the Money is the Best Way to Calculate Risk
by Ruth Seeleyby Ruth SeeleySix years after the 2008 global financial meltdown, a University of Tennessee study by its Global Supply Chain Institute indicated 90% of…