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Three Steps to Managing Bonded Inventory Through Brexit Disruptions

May 13, 2019

With Brexit’s deadline approaching yet again, how will businesses finance and distribute their inventory throughout Europe?

How to Maximize Space Without Building a New Warehouse

May 10, 2019

Brian Neuwirth, SCB Contributor

With increasing volumes of online purchases, and the ability to source products from across the globe, e-commerce businesses are having trouble finding enough space.

Coal Stockpiles Near Record Weigh on Power Prices Across Europe

May 1, 2019

Bloomberg

Coal is piling up at ports across Europe, depressing both the cost of the fuel and price of electricity.

Inventory Burn From Caterpillar to Coca-Cola Set to Hit U.S. GDP

April 29, 2019

Bloomberg

U.S. companies including Coca-Cola Co., Whirlpool Corp. and Caterpillar Inc. confront the need to reverse bloated stockpiles of products after inventories surged across corporate America.

Put an End to Data-Management Woes in Your Supply Chain With MDM

April 26, 2019

Dietmar Rietsch, SCB Contributor

As supply-chain design and management struggles to live up to modern-day business imperatives, enterprise decision makers have turned their gaze toward the inefficiencies plaguing it.

U.K. Manufacturing Chief Sees `No Good News' in Brexit Extension

April 18, 2019

Bloomberg

The latest Brexit delay means more uncertainty, frozen investment and lost customers for U.K. manufacturers.

Bulging Stockpiles Will Weigh on U.S. Growth Throughout 2019

April 17, 2019

Bloomberg

The rising stockpiles of cars, furniture and other goods that helped the U.S. economy boom in 2018 are now poised to cause a hangover this year.

Why Supply Chain Technology Needs Blockchain

April 17, 2019

Jon Kirkegaard, SCB Contributor

There is a tremendous mismatch in the selection of appropriate technologies to automate complex and decentralized operations.

Drugmakers Stockpiling for Brexit: How Long Do We Wait?

April 15, 2019

Bloomberg

Pharma companies ramped up their stockpiles of drugs to prepare for a potentially chaotic Brexit. Now they’re in the dark about how long they’ll need to hold them.

Millennials Rekindle Demand for Plants, an Industry Ripe for Disruption

April 12, 2019

Bloomberg

American millennials have been accused of dooming all sorts of things: beer, golf, cereal. But the cohort is credited with reviving the once-moribund market for houseplants.