Global Supply Chain Management

Zara Announces Hardship Fund for Unpaid Turkish Workers

November 14, 2017

Fashion retailer Zara says it is working on establishing a hardship fund to reimburse a group of Turkish workers who were left unpaid when a supplier factory closed down.

UPS Wants to Set Blockchain Standards for Freight Industry

November 14, 2017

Air Cargo World

UPS, and its subsidiary Coyote Logistics, have joined the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance (BiTA), throwing their considerable weight behind the development of blockchain technology standards and education for the freight industry.

Teaching GE to Think Like a Startup

November 14, 2017

Fortune

Entrepreneur Eric Ries rose to prominence by teaching startups how to adopt the best practices of big, global companies. Today he's also teaching huge companies how to behave more like the upstarts.

The Decisions Behind Monsanto's Weed-Killer Crisis

November 14, 2017

Reuters

In early 2016, agri-business giant Monsanto faced a decision that would prove pivotal in what since has become a sprawling herbicide crisis, with millions of acres of crops damaged.

Lean Management, Deep Data Mining Are Essential for Manufacturing's Future, Researchers Say

November 14, 2017

Industryweek

A lean management structure and forward-looking corporate culture is essential in building a smart manufacturing industry, according to experts at Dassault Systèmes' Manufacturing in the Age of Experience conference - where the move to smart manufacturing was a central theme.

The Fastest-Growing Jobs of the Future As Technology Takes Over

November 13, 2017

Forbes

About a hundred years ago, common jobs included manufacturing positions, roles in agriculture and artisan services. Today, occupations in health care, computers and construction are on the rise. Technology and society's changing needs mean the workforce is constantly evolving.

China's Technology Ambitions Could Upset the Global Trade Order

November 13, 2017

The New York Times

Washington officials and major global companies increasingly worry about a new generation of deals that could give China a firmer grip on the technology of tomorrow.

New Bluetooth Transmitter Provides Package-Level Visibility

November 10, 2017

Air Cargo World

Logistics and asset monitoring company RoamBee says that visibility, down to the package level, and end-to-end asset management are now possible with its "BeeBeacon" mobile monitoring technology.

China Grows Belt and Road Business

November 10, 2017

Maritime Executive

Trade between China and countries along the Belt and Road reached a value of $786bn in the first three quarters of this year, up 15 percent on the same period last year.

All Data That Move Across Wi-Fi Networks Could Be Susceptible to Hacking, Research Says

November 9, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Home and corporate Wi-Fi networks - and all the data, photos and messages transmitted across them - could be vulnerable to hackers, according to a computer security researcher in Belgium.