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Think Tank

How a ‘Value-Based’ Approach Is Transforming Healthcare Services and Supply Chains

October 22, 2018

Certain shifts in business strategy seem so shockingly obvious in retrospect that you have to wonder why they weren’t common practice all along.

Think Tank

GSR Waiver Warning: An Open Letter to Shippers

October 19, 2018

Ken Wood

UPS and FedEx are doubling down on their plan to systematically renegotiate customer contracts, with an attempt to eliminate guaranteed delivery times.

Case Study

Organic Dairy Producer Milks TMS for Supply Chain Optimization

October 15, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

A fast-growing organic dairy company needed a sophisticated transportation management system to gain visibility across its operations — and control over its spend.

Q&A | Why the Reshoring of U.S. Manufacturing Hasn’t Taken Off

October 12, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Higher labor costs in China and political pressures were supposed to drive U.S. manufacturers to bring production home. We’re still waiting for that to happen.

Boeing Is Delaying America’s Return to Space, NASA Says

October 12, 2018

IndustryWeek

Boeing Co.’s construction of the largest rocket in NASA’s history is projected to cost $8.9bn — double the initial budget.

Sears Skips Payments to Vendors Amid Bankruptcy Concerns

October 11, 2018

Reuters

Sears Holdings Corp has started to miss payments to vendors, adding to concerns about its future.

White House Report Points to Severe Shortcomings in Military Supply Chain

October 5, 2018

The Washington Post

Uncertain budgets, a broken procurement system and an unfair trade environment have eroded the United States’ defense industrial base to levels at which national security could be at risk.