Supply Chain Finance & Revenue Management

Biodiversity, Supply Chain Rank Among Biggest ESG Themes in 2021

January 12, 2021

In a year when the pandemic sent the world into a tailspin, there was a silver lining for the world of ESG investing.

Transportation Insight Acquires Spend Management Experts to Strengthen Small Parcel Solutions and E-Commerce Offering

January 11, 2021

Transportation Insight, a North American provider of enterprise logistics solutions, recently announced the acquisition of Spend Management Experts LLC. Spend Management Experts is a provider of parcel optimization, transportation management and e-commerce services helping companies optimize their parcel and e-commerce spend.

Photo of someone signing a Contract at a desk

Five Key Provisions You Should Have in Your Supply-Chain Contracts

January 10, 2021

Hannah Genton, SCB Contributor

Smart partnerships and relationship management are critical to every supply strategy, but the supply-chain contract is what counts when questions arise or things go wrong.

Brexit Is a New World Businesses Still Need to Figure Out

January 3, 2021

Bloomberg

British businesses probably didn’t expect to start 2021 worrying about wooden pallets after a year of grappling with the coronavirus and a meltdown in the economy.

The Great IT Debate: Best-of-Breed or Single Suite?

January 3, 2021

Tom Hennessey, SCB Contributor

Should your manufacturing business choose a single enterprise system, or adopt a best-of-breed strategy for enterprise systems selection?

Five Supply-Chain Finance Trends Coming This Year, and How to Prepare

January 1, 2021

Sush Koka, SCB Contributor

What will the new year bring, and how should we prepare?

Ten Ways COVID-19 Has Changed the World Economy Forever

December 30, 2020

Bloomberg

Economic shocks like the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 only arrive once every few generations, and they bring about permanent and far-reaching change.

The Pathway to Digital Payments for the Transportation Industry

December 23, 2020

Justin King, SCB Contributor

Digital payments are a key area that transportation and logistics organizations will prioritize in 2021.

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Watch: Should Startups Take Outside Funding in 2021?

December 9, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Ian Pribyl, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Pivotal Group, explains why small startups shouldn’t automatically accept money from venture capitalists and other outside investors, no matter how tempting the offer might be.

Managing Freight Spend: From Spot to Systemic Solutions

December 4, 2020

Heather Mueller, SCB Contributor

Short-term capacity solutions serve important functions in the transportation ecosystem, but as disruption becomes a pattern, it’s time for shippers to take a new approach.

Supply Chain Finance & Revenue Management

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding supply chain finance and revenue management. New technologies in finance and revenue management are transforming the way companies operate - and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are using finance and revenue management solutions for supply chain optimization.