In our 2024 end-of-year survey, Supply Chain Planning was one of the topics our members said they want us to research more in 2025. This survey explores some initial questions on this topic: [...]
A September 2023 Harvard Business Review article ("How to Address the Supply-Chain Staffing Crisis") states that "Our global supply chains are stressed and under pressure, not only because of [...]
As many companies continue to digitize their supply chain and logistics operations, they rely on their trading partners, including third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and freight forwarders, [...]
As it relates to transportation management, should companies focus their time, money, and resources on innovation in the coming year to achieve their objectives or should they focus more on just [...]
Transportation Forecasting is a practice that involves taking demand forecasts, promotions, POS data, and other demand signals to create a rolling forecast of transportation capacity requirements [...]
Most of the Section 301 tariffs the United States levied on China imports in 2018/19 remain in place, and in May 2024 the Biden administration raised tariffs on $18 billion of Chinese goods, [...]
A maturity model is a framework that companies use to assess their current level of capability in specific process domains and provide a roadmap for improvement. Various supply chain maturity [...]
As we near the beginning of Q4 2024, companies are already starting to plan and budget for 2025. What is your overall outlook for the transportation market in 2025? What are your top strategic [...]
As highlighted in a recent press release, IKEA is using drones in its warehouses. "The implementation of 24/7 operational drones is transforming IKEA inventory management, significantly boosting [...]
Trust is defined as "the firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something." How important is trust in supply chain management? What factors contribute most to [...]
