Global Supply Chain Management

Insights from MHI's New 'Material Handling and Logistics Roadmap'

April 22, 2014

Bill Ferrell, professor of industrial engineering at Clemson and one of the authors of the newly published Material Handling and Logistics Roadmap, discusses the findings of this comprehensive study and what they mean for the industry's future.

Survey Underscores Importance of Social Media - and Failure of Many Retailers to Fully Use It

April 22, 2014

SAP AG

Social media and digital, customer data and brand awareness are the top three challenges in retail marketing, and digital advertising is among the most important tools in that arena, says a survey by SAP AG.

Supply Chain's Carbon Impact: More Than a Footprint

April 21, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Carbon footprint: What a misleading metaphor that is.

Voice-Based Warehousing Solutions Continue to Evolve to Better Serve a Changing Workforce

April 21, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Voice-based warehouse solutions continue to gain converts and to evolve, with the latest iterations bringing in smart phones, tablets and sensors. Jennifer Lachenman, vice president of product strategy at Lucas Systems, says these adaptations better serve a changing workforce.

Exposing the Weakest Security Link - Your Supply Chain

April 21, 2014

Sally Long, Director of The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum

Corporate criminals are using professional and systematic methods to target the weakest link for global organizations, the supply chain. High profile exploits such as Target's supply chain disaster are raising concerns across numerous verticals on business stability. With the threat of tainted and counterfeit technology products building every day, organizations must come together now and take what steps they can to mitigate risks to the supply chain.

Is Doing Business in China as Mysterious and Difficult as Many Make It Out to Be?

April 21, 2014

McKinsey

A lot of people view China business as mysterious. Relax. Consumers behave pretty much the same everywhere. Competition is pretty much the same everywhere. You just need to ignore the hype and focus on the basic fact that in China today, there are six big trends. That's it. Six trends shape most of the country’s industries and drive much of China's impact on the Western world.

Social Media Powers Much of China's Booming Online Commerce

April 21, 2014

Bloomberg Business Week

In China, three-quarters of online shoppers make e-purchases at least weekly, according to a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. And mobile is king. Of those online shoppers, 77 percent made at least some of their purchases online using smartphones.

Vendor Resilience Crucial to Avoiding Risk of Business Interruption, Study Says

April 21, 2014

PwC US

As businesses increasingly rely on external parties for critical services, they become more vulnerable to business interruptions. This is especially true when such businesses know little about their third-party vendors' resiliency and recovery capabilities, according to PwC US, which examined the effects that vendor resiliency, or lack thereof, can have on an organization's business continuity strategy.

Omnichannel Fulfillment Requires Integrated Solutions That Go Beyond Traditional WMS

April 17, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Greg Cronin, executive vice president of Intelligrated, and Nyle Morris, vice president of sales at Knighted, discuss the paradigm shift in fulfillment strategies being driven by omnichannel retailing and the type of integrated solutions that these strategies require.

Data Theft Affects Nearly One in Five Adults Online

April 17, 2014

NewsFactor

Eighteen percent of online adults in the U.S. have had important personal data stolen, according to a Pew Research Center study highlighting the crisis in data protection.