Aggressively positioning themselves to take advantage of China's economic boom and huge logistics market, these providers aren't coming to the party empty-handed. They bring much-needed investment capital and expertise.
It's getting harder and harder to track the performance of suppliers, carriers and processes that make up a global supply chain. Here's how a few successful companies are addressing the problem.
With the great number of new products being introduced, shorter product life cycles and more special-events promotions-it is extremely difficult to "predict" today's customer.