Choice Logistics, a specialist in the handling of service parts, has opened a new distribution center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Damco Indonesia has opened a new warehouse in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.

DHL Global Forwarding has opened a new hub facility in Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia.

The corporate sexiness that is Apple is in the unveiling of its products, but the not-so innovative part of the company has always been its supply chain.

Factoring uncertainties into supplier strategy decisions builds agile procurement into the whole supplier life cycle. Procurement leaders of the future will measure uncertainty through quantitative analyses, modeling scenarios to take key uncertainties, such as supplier bankruptcy or material scarcity, into account.

Andrew Roszko, senior vice president of sales at Descartes, explains how three interrelated trends - big data, direct-to-store shipping and omnichannels - are transforming retail.

Ray Barger, research director with Gartner, describes the firm's five-stage "maturity model" for supply-chain management and procurement. He also grades companies' progress toward ultimate maturity.