Many companies can't marshal the resources needed to create a truly global supply chain. It might be time to call for help from a trusted outside partner.

The opportunities and challenges for serving China's domestic market are enormous. The secrets to success are a reliable supply chain with trusted partners and reliable 3PLs that can navigate China's immature infrastructure and complex regulatory environment.

The need for vigilance against global terrorism and unauthorized technology transfer combines with the search for new supply-chain efficiencies. • Fifth in the Best Practices series.

With economic activity heating up, businesses are again eager to compete in the global arena. To do so, they need to raise the performance of their supply chains to world-class levels.

As corporations turn a strategic eye on sourcing operations, they increasingly realize the need to better manage and enforce their numerous contracts. In may ways, this is old news for transportation and logistics, where contract management tools and processes already are well established, though still underused.