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Virus Makes Lobsters So Cheap That Sellers Face a Fatal Blow

March 6, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak is turning one luxury treat reserved for special occasions into a meal bargain hunters can afford.

Coronavirus: Supply-Chain Disruption Looks Like Natural Disasters

February 27, 2020

Bloomberg

The longer businesses are closed the higher the likelihood that supply chains start breaking down.

Four Predictions About Field Service in 2020

February 25, 2020

Sarah Nicastro, SCB Contributor

Transformational technologies can enable new revenue models that make field-service organizations stickier and more intimate with customers.

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Podcast | Four Walls and … What? The Transformation of the Warehouse

February 21, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

What is this thing called a warehouse?

Analysis

The New Age of Inventory Planning

February 12, 2020

M. Scott Moon, SCB Contributor

Today’s endless-aisle mentality requires inventory solutions that understand customer preferences.

Chrysler Discounts Are Biggest in a Decade

December 23, 2019

Bloomberg

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is making an all-out push to clear away tens of thousands of vehicles that its dealers haven’t ordered, adding to tensions over a new data-driven production strategy that can lead to swelling inventory.

Amazon Tests Cheap Warehouses to Make Holiday Shopping Snafu-Free

December 11, 2019

Bloomberg

Amazon.com is gearing up for the online holiday shopping season by fine-tuning its sprawling delivery network to ensure orders get to customers on time.

Walmart’s Jet Ends Its New York City Fresh Grocery Business

November 25, 2019

Bloomberg

The move is the latest example of the declining importance of Jet, a business Walmart paid $3.3 billion to acquire in 2016 to reach urban millennials and gain the services of co-founder Marc Lore, who has taken over Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce operations.

The ‘Modern’ Factory Remains a Dream for Many Manufacturers

November 25, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

When it comes to running the modern-day factory, there’s a yawning gap between theory and reality.

VIDEO

Watch: Innovations in Delivering Home Healthcare in Canada

November 22, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

Erie St. Claire Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), a provider of home healthcare in Ontario, transforms an inefficient, paper-based purchasing and delivery system with the help of Transform Shared Services Organization (SSO).