Supply Chain Analysis & Consulting

Panama Canal Expansion Expected to Provide Great Market Opportunities for Mid-Sized Companies

January 7, 2015

When the much-anticipated expansion of the Panama Canal is completed late next year, cargo ships the size of aircraft carriers will ferry goods from Latin America and Asia directly to East Coast ports and back. These ships - up to two-and-a-half times bigger than those currently allowed - will uproot trade patterns developed over the last century and will affect nearly every sector of the U.S. economy.

U.S. Food Importers Often Fall Short Enforcing Worker Protection Laws in Mexico

January 7, 2015

Los Angeles Times

The tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers arrive year-round by the ton, with peel-off stickers proclaiming "Product of Mexico."

Talent, Technology, Risk Are Top Concerns of Heads of Procurement Units

January 6, 2015

Deloitte LLP

A lack of talent, technology issues and geopolitical risks are amongst procurement leaders’ main business concerns, according to Deloitte's fourth annual global chief procurement officer (CPO) survey.

A Conversation With a Supply-Chain Millennial

January 5, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

Eight years into a career in supply chain, Susie Conley, program specialist with Caterpillar Inc., talks about her experience, the opportunities that exist for new entrants into the job marketplace, and the attributes that make a modern-day supply-chain professional successful.

Spotlight on Growth of Mobile Internet Usage in Europe

January 5, 2015

BCG Perspectives

In less than a decade, the mobile internet revolution has overtaken the digital revolution and is still accelerating. Mobile penetration is increasing, the costs of access and devices are coming down, and more and more people in both developed and developing economies are using the mobile internet as their first - and often their only - means of going online. Let's look at the phenomenon in Europe.

Users Increasingly Find Mobile Apps Benefit the Supply Chain

January 5, 2015

EBN

There's an app for that. That's long been the joke amongst smartphone toting consumers. More and more, the same can be said for supply chain management and logistics tasks.

Happy New Year. Are You Ready for the Sharing Economy?

January 5, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The future of commerce in products and services lies in sharing. Is that a good thing?

In Era of Big Data, Real Need is for Fast Data

December 30, 2014

Computerworld

A lot of security processes failed during the breach of Target's systems during last year's holiday season, but one surprising revelation was that the retailer actually did receive security alerts about the malware in its system. Yet because the security team was bombarded with alerts - estimated at hundreds per day - it couldn't adequately prioritize them.

Examiners Analyze Major Technology Trends in Fraud, Prevention Methods

December 30, 2014

ACFE

Technology will give fraudsters an edge in 2015, but it will also provide new tools for organizations and investigators, according to three experts from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) who were asked for their top fraud predictions for 2015.

Data No. 1 Commodity in Supply Chain Putting Companies at Risk for Cyberattacks

December 30, 2014

Drew Smith, Founder & CEO, InfoArmor

In the evolving supply chain, technology has allowed for more rapid and productive dissemination of critical information between organizational partners upstream and downstream. While this increased flexibility, scalability and efficiency of operations provides economies of scale and scope on the revenue and expense side for businesses, the tradeoff becomes a burgeoning access terminal for cybercriminals to poach critical intelligence flows.