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“There’s so much change going on in supply chain today,” asserts Adrian Gonzalez, president of Adelante SCM. “The big challenge we have is keeping up with the rapid pace of change.” Could data be the answer? Collected at every point…

Formerly an annual-at-most exercise in response to a significant organizational change, the emerging discipline of supply chain design is infiltrating the on-going operational processes of supply chain management.

Undeniably, retail can be risky business. Potential for supply chain disruptions lurks around every corner. Supply chain risk management allows retailers to anticipate upheaval and rapidly recover from turmoil. Although retailers recognize the importance of supply chain risk management, many…

Supply chain visibility is among the most critical disciplines for successful supply chain management, according to industry experts in our popular webinar series: Are You a Supply Chain Leader or Laggard?: Part 1 – “6 Critical Disciplines to Becoming a…

An attempt to know the unknowable, to predict the future, to anticipate responses to the unforeseen – it’s the power of supply chain visualization. A necessary part of any retailer’s repertoire of supply chain best practices, supply chain mapping and…

In Q4 of 2015, four container terminals at the Port of Oakland will use a program called OakPass to operate their terminal gates on Saturdays. With Saturday hours the Port of Oakland is hoping to reduce weekday import cargo congestion.

Most companies know how common, and more importantly, how costly retail chargebacks can be. Chargebacks can be assessed for a number of reasons such as incorrect package labeling, incomplete order data transmission, improperly attached hang tags, and the list goes…

June 12, 2015 – The Panama Canal expansion project, or as it has been dubbed, the Third Set of Locks Project is intended to double the capacity of the Panama Canal by early 2016.

May 18, 2015 – The port issues earlier this year continue to hurt shippers. The congestion is still causing delays and in some cases lost business. Mark Szakonyi, Executive Editor of the Journal of Commerce (JOC), has reported that the big…

What’s the quickest and most cost efficient way to keep fast turning retail products moving from DC to store shelf? Although there are many factors to consider – the answer may be retail pool distribution. When distributing high volume retail…

With the first quarter of 2015 already behind us, we thought it would be helpful to look at some of the trends and challenges in retail supply chain management that are forecasted for the remainder of the year. Supply Chain…

Lean practices drive cost savings for many companies’ fulfillment warehouse operations. Every warehouse manager is concerned with improving performance, measuring and managing to a set of KPIs is one of the best ways you can set your warehouse up for…

April 17, 2015 – With the agreement of key Congressional leaders on Thursday, President Obama was given special authority to finish negotiating one of the world’s largest trade deals. Though he faces a divisive fight with fellow Democrats over this bill,…

April 8, 2015 – Several U.S. East Coast ports are being tested by a surge in volume due to the months of West Coast port delays and a strengthening U.S. economy. Joseph Bonney, Sr. Editor of the Journal of Commerce…