The retailer has dealt with numerous food safety issues in China, with customers having reported finding live rats and maggots in Sam's Club products.

The distributors who navigate the next five years will be the ones whose teams trust what the numbers are telling them, then quickly act on that information. 

Procurement’s influence within the enterprise has expanded significantly over the past few years. The more important question now is how that influence translates into measurable outcomes.

Today’s sourcing conditions make the traditional directory structure irrelevant.

As supply chains become more data-driven, the critical question is whether visibility reflects reality. 

In May, U.S. manufacturing activity remained in “expansion territory,” said Susan Spence, MBA, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. 

Build the scorecard for the carriers you want; hold everyone to it consistently, and the routing guide largely sorts itself out.

The majority of AI projects fail from a lack of foundational integrity. Clean data and integrated systems are the non-negotiable price of entry for a successful journey.

Commerce Department data showed exports rose in April, shrinking the monthly trade deficit.

Companies start asking the question: Should we automate? But the question they should be asking first is: Can we?