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How to Turn Supply Chain Complexity Into Great Service

April 4, 2019

Joseph Shamir, SCB Contributor

The secret to service-driven planning is probability forecasting and stock mix optimization.

Goodwill Wants to Take New Orders Right Out of Amazon's Hands

April 3, 2019

Bloomberg

Goodwill is setting its sights on a formidable rival for a charity thrift store: Amazon.

The Brexit Day That Wasn't Leaves Britain Counting the Cost

April 1, 2019

Bloomberg

For more than two years, the clock ran down toward March 29, the day Prime Minister May pledged Britain would leave the European Union. As the drama rolls on, the costs mount from the Brexit day that wasn’t.

Case Study

True Value Launches $150M Investment in Supply-Chain Improvements

March 28, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A big new distribution center in Pennsylvania for True Value Co. is just one part of an ambitious investment to optimize and overhaul the hardware wholesaler’s entire supply chain.

Kuehne & Nagel Case Study: Automating Information to Optimize the Contract Packing Supply Chain Process

March 25, 2019

Nulogy Corporation

Summit Container Case Study

March 20, 2019

Nulogy Corporation

Case Study

Why Honda Adopted a ‘Community’ for Managing Reusable Containers for Parts

March 19, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Automotive supply chains depend on tight coordination between a manufacturer and its many suppliers. But some of the basic technology to optimize those connections has been lacking until now.

Amazon Was Fighting Fakes With Big Vendor Purge

March 12, 2019

Bloomberg

Amazon hinted that fighting counterfeits was a reason for its sudden and unexplained purge of thousands of vendors that sowed panic among long-time suppliers.