While it is impossible to determine the exact returns on an SCP&O investment, these tips will help you arrive at a solid estimate.

A ten-point guide to evaluating your needs, evaluating the market, and evaluating your vendor.

Creating Successful Engineered Labor Standards

It offers maximum flexibility to account for any scenario, rule or constraint in choosing the optimal distribution center network.

Today's new economic environment is increasingly more volatile, complex and structurally different than in years past, and in few places is this more apparent than in the movement of goods and services.

The maker of sophisticated medical equipment had reached a "plateau" in its efforts to boost customer service and optimize costly inventory within its global operation. Then it found a way to climb higher.

A conversation with Gregory L. Schlegel, adjunct professor of supply-chain risk management at Lehigh University.

Each disruption in global supply chains seems to bring a new surprise. On March 31 of this year, it was an explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Marl, Germany. The incident at the factory of Evonik Industries resulted in the deaths of two workers and caused damage that will take all summer to repair.

Proforma IdeaPress has managed to remain competitive in the market for printed promotional items, even though its plants are in the U.S. and customer requirements can be extremely complex. Company co-owner Pratt Pande tells how it's done.

An improving economy gives businesses an opportunity to reassess their strategies, plans and tactics as well as the impetus to tune up their operations.