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Nordstrom Will Let You Return Your Macy’s Online Order In Store

September 6, 2019

Nordstrom Inc. is trying a creative new approach for getting busy New York City shoppers in its doors: letting them return things they bought online — from other retailers.

The Price Tag for Global Trade-War Uncertainty Is $585 Billion

August 21, 2019

Bloomberg

“The tweet is mightier than the tariff,” Bloomberg economists wrote in their report.

Nissan, BMW Are Pulling South Africa Into the Electric Car Era

August 20, 2019

Bloomberg

The industry is preparing a unified stance on electrification to present to the government by the end of the year.

Digital Load Matching: A Revolution in the Supply Chain Ecosystem

August 19, 2019

Transfix

As shippers seek to optimize supply chain operations, technology allows for innovation to meet that need. This has prompted a recent rise in shipment visibility providers. The most efficient solution, however, is digital load matching which integrates supply chain technologies—including visibility—with machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Breaking Business Silos Is Bigger Than Data Technology

August 12, 2019

Allan Dow, SCB Contributor

We’re victims of our own success in building a truly global supply chain.

Amazon-FedEx Split Sets Battle Lines in E-Commerce Delivery Feud

August 8, 2019

Bloomberg

The common features for all involved: an ever-increasing flood of packages combined with greater pressure on profits.

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Q&A | Introducing ERP 4.0 (It's Not What You Think)

August 7, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

Move aside, enterprise resource planning. It's the age of eco-system resource planning (ERP) 4.0. Rich Sherman, senior fellow at the Supply Chain Centre of Excellence with Tata Consultancy Services, explains.

Building Success: 100 Great Supply Chain Partners of 2019

August 5, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

Each year, SupplyChainBrain readers tell us about thousands of these great partners, and we publish the top 100 most-nominated — along with select case studies.

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Q&A | Striking a Balance Between People and Technology

August 2, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

Companies that place their entire focus on new supply-chain technologies are in danger of losing sight of their larger business goals, warns Roger Thomas, industry principal with SAS Institute.