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How a Traveling Vinegar Salesman Innovated the Global Sushi Industry

November 28, 2018

Kunihiko Tanaka was peddling vinegar to sushi restaurants in western Japan when he spotted the opportunity that would change his life.

Coty CEO Is Frustrated With Supply Chain Snags at Beauty Brands

November 8, 2018

Bloomberg

Coty Inc. suffered multiple disruptions to its supply chain in Europe and North America that hindered the beauty giant’s operations and stifled sales last quarter.

'Performance Follows Culture': IBP Helps Strengthen Cultural Footing

November 1, 2018

Oliver Wight Americas

Challenge: A mobile-device case manufacturer was experiencing astronomical growth at a breakneck pace. Without enough resources to serve customers, the company’s core value of integrity was at stake.

Case Study

When Your Customer Is Major League Baseball, It’s More Than a Game

October 19, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

With its exclusive license to supply promotional merchandise to the nation’s ballparks, BDA faces a massive challenge in meeting requirements for product quality and on-time delivery.

Case Study

For Crane USA, EDI Standards Are Key to Managing Omnichannel

October 17, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

The home appliance manufacturer introduces a branded product that pumps up sales — and sends the company scrambling for a way to manage the surge in orders.

OM Partners Simplifies Supply Chain Complexities at Leading Specialty Chemicals Company

October 11, 2018

OM Partners

Challenge: A specialty chemicals company was looking for end-to-end visibility in its performance intermediates supply chain. They needed a planning solution that enabled value-based planning — while dealing with a complex chemical network.

The Importance of Last-Mile Facilities in the Supply Chain

Four Forces Transforming Supply Chain, Logistics and Transportation Today

Few industries or business functions are experiencing as much disruption as logistics, supply chain and transportation. In fact, according to a recent Forbes Insights survey of more than 400 senior transportation-focused executives, 65 percent say tectonic shifts in these areas are driving an era of profound transformation.

September 12, 2018

Forbes

Few industries or business functions are experiencing as much disruption as logistics, supply chain and transportation.

Five Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Changing ERP

The building blocks are in place for today’s artificial intelligence to deliver results.

September 5, 2018

IndustryWeek

The building blocks are in place for today’s artificial intelligence to deliver results.

Global Supplier Packs More Value With an Integrated Planning Process

August 24, 2018

Logility

Challenge: With more than 40 acquisitions in 30 years and regularly changing customer requirements, this global supplier of innovative non-woven, flexible and rigid products needed an integrated business planning process and platform to keep its supply chain running smoothly — and to stay ahead of its competition.

How Fashion Retailer H&M Is Betting on Big Data and A.I. to Regain Profitability

Recent years of lackluster performance and the most significant profit drop in six years has fast-fashion retailer H&M looking for a road to profitability.

August 13, 2018

Bernard Marr, Forbes contributor

Recent years of lackluster performance and the most significant profit drop in six years has fast-fashion retailer H&M looking for a road to profitability.