Global supply chain management - Articles - Page 249

Millennials Plan to Stretch Careers Out Longer But Take Breaks

May 26, 2016

Millennials are set to run career ultramarathons - working longer than previous groups - yet anticipating taking breaks along the way, according to a ManpowerGroup report.

The Significance of a Green Freight Policy

May 26, 2016

Brent Hudspeth, VP, Transportation Management, Transplace

Plastics Trade Organizations Say 260 Projects Target Marine Litter

May 25, 2016

American Chemistry

Leaders from plastics organizations across the globe announced that there were approximately 260 projects planned, under way or completed as part of the Declaration of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on Marine Litter (Global Declaration), a public commitment by the global plastics industry to tackle plastic in the marine environment. The announcement came with the release of the plastics industry's annual progress report, which documents the various efforts under way around the world.

Number of Middle Class Shoppers Ignoring Loyalty Programs Is on Rise

May 25, 2016

Fierce Retail

As many as 35 percent of affluent, middle-class shoppers say they "can't be bothered" with joining loyalty programs, up from 18 percent in 2014.

Ninety Percent of Business Have Been Targets of Hackers, Risk Managers Say

May 25, 2016

PropertyCasualty360

For risk managers - indeed for most businesses - among the most disturbing words they can hear are "We've been hacked."

APL Says It Has Greatly Exceeded CO2 Emission Reduction Goal

May 24, 2016

Maritime Executive

American President Lines, a subsidiary of NOL, has announced that it has achieved a reduction of CO2 emissions of more than 45 percent from 2009 to 2015.

Tomorrow's Supply Chain Leaders Will Embrace Uncertainty

May 24, 2016

Joseph Shamir, CEO, ToolsGroup

It's human nature to look for certainty. We believe that if we can predict the future with perfect certainty, then we will react and prepare accordingly. As such, we tend to put all our planning effort into making better predictions. The problem is that after we invest considerable effort predicting one aspect of a future event, lots of uncertainty remains.