How Predictive Analytics Are Changing the Maintenance Industry
By Bryan Christiansen
Predictive Analytics are being used all over today, from business intelligence to fraud detection, to even law enforcement. As manufacturing has begun...
Benefits of using robots in warehouse
As a business, it is always important to be as efficient as possible. After all, the more efficient that you are, the more productive...
Is drop shipping dead? Why more people are shying away.
There are many stories out there, about how people open up an online store and start earning overnight. This is mainly by advertising on...
The New Industrial Realism: Why Europe Must Choose Integration Over Protectionism
By Imran Khalid
Europe faces a binary choice: maintain high-cost protectionist barriers or integrate efficient green supply chains to meet its 2030 climate targets.
The global...
On the Road Again: Putting the Rock Tour Supply Chain on Music
By Gilles Paché
Rock tours attract millions of fans each year around the world. But are concertgoers aware of the logistics involved in pulling off...
Putting Supply Chain Performance at Your Fingertips
By Karin Bursa
Leveraging supply chain analytics to boost corporate performance
Is your company run on intuition? Or do you have a set of metrics that...
How STAR’S TECH ECO-ST de-icer is Taking the Ice-Melting Business by a Storm Using...
The world is all about sustainability, and rightly so, but many might be surprised to find that sustainability and environmental responsibility are crucial to...
Sustainability in Retail: How to Build a Green Supply Chain
By Indiana Lee
As consumers grow more eco-conscious, sustainability has emerged as one of the primary goals across most industries. In a recent Global Consumer...
The Evolution Of The Oil And Gas Industry Safety
Safety standards are the primary concern at any site, not just on an oil drill. Keeping your crew protected and your material investment guarded...
Trump vs Xi: 60 Days to Supply Chain Collapse
By Eric Malley
The Strategic Stakes for Global Leaders
The U.S. economy is running out of time. Over the next 60 days, the convergence of the...
The 7% Tax Loophole: Why UK Tech Founders are Scaling their Teams in Moldova
By Marina Bzovii
Faced with slower hiring and rising costs at home, UK tech founders are rethinking how they build and where.
For years, UK tech...
Rethinking Your Supply Chain During the Pandemic Uncertainty
Until the early part of 2020, many manufacturers were riding the high seas in blissful ignorance of the typhoon that was soon to envelop...
COVID-19 vaccines to save the world: don’t neglect supply chain challenges
By Gilles Paché
Since the spring of 2020, due to the spread of a new, very virulent coronavirus, the planet has been going through an...
Getting Ruthless With Your Processes
By Avinash Goyal, Suzanne Heywood & Toby Gibbs
Consistent global processes add value—up to a point. New research helps companies find the right balance between...
7 Shipping Terms Every Exporter Must Know
International shipping of commodities is a significantly more complex operation than simply delivering an object from one location to another. There are various procedures...
Shipment Trackers – IoT Devices Required for Today’s Supply Chain Challenges
Today’s global economy operates with high degrees of reliance on both international and local supply chain elements. Without reliable shipment trackers, you have limited...
How Global Companies Are Implementing Supplier Diversity Policies
By Anna Sáez de Tejada Cuenca and Gemma Berenguer
It has become increasingly common for companies to implement supply-chain diversity to maintain a good image...
Bring Competitive Advantages To Construction Companies By Adopting Agile
If you are running a construction firm, you must be aware of the tough competition that every construction firm faces these days. In countries...
The Hidden Costs of Poor Container Load Planning — And Why Most Companies Still...
A half-empty container rarely looks dramatic on paper. The shipment leaves on time, the invoice gets paid, and operations move on. But inside many...
Manufacturing and Sourcing in 2022: Is Vietnam a Good Choice?
As one of the most developing countries in Southeast Asia, Vietnam gradually becomes the focus of other counterparts in the global market. It has...
The Art of Controlled Chaos: How Logistical Inefficiency Drives Retail Performance
By Gilles Paché
In today’s retail landscape, efficiency is not always the golden rule. Some of the largest retailers have mastered the art of controlled...
How Export Management Can Boost Your International Sales
By Sophio Gozalishvili
Are you a business that wants to sell products in export markets? As businesses grow and enter international markets, they often find...
What You Need to Know About Supply Chain Disclosure
By Lucy McCarthy, Paul McGrath, and Donna Marshall
Our study examined twenty multinational companies and their supply chain disclosure decisions. We found a number of...
Tips on Cost-effective International Shipping for Any Businesses
By Lucia Liskova
Shipping products internationally may be difficult at first. There are many things to consider, foremost the carriers and their corresponding shipping...
How Magnaghi Aeronautica (MA Group) is Facing the Crisis with More Innovation
As the current raw materials crisis soars, increasingly more industries are being affected by the impacts of supply chains. More recently, on 7 June,...
Supply Chain Digitalisation Management Challenge
By Richard Markoff and Ralf seifert
As part of the broader Industry 4.0 trend, the digitalisation of supply chains is happening quickly. Much of the...
The Power of Digital Twins: Unleash Supply Chain Decisions
By Gilles Paché
"In today’s volatile, complex, and fast-moving markets, reactive-only supply chains are obsolete." Discuss. Here, Gilles Paché does just that, arguing that the...
Digital Transformation In Logistics Industry
Logistics operations have evolved significantly thanks to recent advancements in technology and these improvements will likely continue for many years to come. The unparalleled...
Is Your Cold Chain Efficient? Best Practices for Chemical and Perishable Goods
Effectively managing and monitoring temperature-sensitive and perishable items is vital to cold chain processes. Without a well-planned cold chain strategy, you risk wasting products...
The Role of Accurate Unit Conversions in Reducing Shipping Costs
In today's global business sprint, every penny counts. Shipping costs can slam on the brakes of your bottom line, but there's a hidden gem...
Supply Chain Management in a Disruptive Environment
By Ki Ling Cheung
Global organisations must rethink supply chain management to cope with the aggravated supply chain challenges resulting from all sorts of disruptions,...
Intelligent Automation: The Catalyst for the Future of Supply Chain
Ever since the pandemic hit the global market, many businesses are increasingly relying on automation technologies to operate at a faster pace. Robotic Process...
Operationalising Excellence: Making it Happen – Part II
By Sean Culey
It is easy to look good in a boom.
It is a lesson that the executives at Chaos Corp have learnt the hard...
The Four Challenges of Supply Chain Transparency
By Steve New and Dana Brown
In this article we examine a key business question: how much should organizations know about their extended supply base,...
Powering Costing with Artificial Intelligence: The case of Vodafone Procurement
By Hervé Legenvre, Gavin Hodgson and Govind Khandelwal
The present article describes how the Vodafone Procurement Company (VPC) has adopted Artificial Intelligence technology to boost its...
Aligning Ambition with Reality in Global Supply Chains
Interview with Kenneth D. Johnson
Global supply chains are under increasing pressure as countries seek greater control over resources while companies pursue resilience and diversification....
A Total Solution for Outsize and Heavyweight Air Cargo
Russia airlines dominate this highly specialist market, providing a solution for 75% of all such air movements and have done so since the first...
Scope of Warehouse Management
Any business that requires the storage of stock, large or small, will benefit from having well-organised warehouse. There are various factors to keep in...
How To Market Your Manufacturing and Workshop Services
The manufacturing industry is one of the most important industries in the world. It's one of the industries that almost all others depend on...
A Word About Dynamic Supply Chains: Delivering value through people
By John Gattorna
The key to successful supply chain management is recognising that it’s people who really drive the living supply chains that are at...
Public Hospitals Faced With COVID-19: Lessons From Logistics Management
By Gilles Paché
The coronavirus crisis has highlighted main challenges in supply chain management. The European example shows that public hospitals have made effective logistical...
FLP-IT Forward: A New Framework for Growth in the Post-Pandemic Era
By Dr. Olaf Groth, Dr. Mark Esposito and Dr. Terence Tse
Asian companies and economies rebounded comparatively quickly from the Covid-19 downturn, employing lessons they...
The Benefits of Using Distributed Networks for Business
With all the rage surrounding blockchain and decentralized networks, it’s easy to get lost and confused. Blame that on the multiple promises around the...
Is a Smart Factory Right for Your Business?
Despite a slowdown in production and demand due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses are fortunate enough to still be functioning. You may...
Supply Chain Troubles Worsened Because of War in Ukraine; Solution Lies in Domestic Production...
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is exacerbating an already unsteady global supply chain that has been rocked repeatedly over the past two years because of pandemic...
From Family Business to Global Brand
Raben Group has branches in 13 European countries, employs a total of 10,000 employees, and dispatches over 8,500 trucks on the road each day....
Full Electronic Data Integration: How a review of Business-to-Business transactions processes can help save...
By Steve Hill
In his 2010 study into business-to-business payment processes, Alessandro Perego said that electronic invoicing was a “competitiveness lever.”
His study, which was carried...
The Competitive Advantages of the Digital Economy Require a Digital Mentality
By Michael Gravier, Christopher Roethlein, and John Visich
In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, supply chain leaders are being challenged by the profound effects of...
What’s Influencing Retail Now and Into 2022
Retail-based businesses aren’t exactly in the best of times right now. Globally, retailers face significant headwinds due to a number of factors, ranging from...
Taking Back Control?
By Alexei Garan
Supply chains for UK businesses are under extraordinary pressure thanks to the impact of COVID, the war in Ukraine, and geopolitical tensions...
