Quality & Metrics

U.S. Department Stores Steady Profitability by Cutting Supply Chain Costs

February 1, 2017

U.S. department store chains, hit by slowing sales for more than two years, have used layoffs, store closings and cutbacks to maintain one aspect of stability: profit margins.

Supply Chain Centers of Excellence & Customer Success

February 1, 2017

Leah McGuire, Dir. of Center of Excellence, Kinaxis

Shifting the Paradigm of 'One-Size-Fits-All' for Shared Warehousing & Omni-channel Fulfillment

January 31, 2017

LeSaint Logistics

Customer Service Levels Soar by Integrating Manufacturing and Distribution

January 31, 2017

LeSaint Logistics

How Can We Drive Organizational Change?

January 27, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

At some point, every organization must change in order to survive. How do we combat the natural human tendency to resist it?

Small Business Optimism Index Surges By Most Since 1980

January 24, 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Optimism among America's small businesses soared in December by the most since 1980 as expectations about the economy's prospects improved dramatically in the aftermath of the presidential election.

Lenovo's Key To Boosting Market Share: Become 'Amazon-Like'

January 23, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Lenovo Group Ltd. is the world's leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of personal computers. So why is it determined to overhaul the way it sells and markets product?

The Future of Supply-Chain Talent

January 17, 2017

Bob Bowman, Managing Editor, SupplyChainBrain

How Should We Be Training Our Supply-Chain Professionals?

January 13, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Supply-chain professionals, assuming they sought out the position in the first place, have typically learned the ropes by doing the job. Not anymore.

Survey Finds Hidden Losses: Unproductive Tasks And The Promise of Automation

January 10, 2017

Computerworld

Recently Samanage, a vendor that offers an enterprise service management platform, released the results of a survey that looked into the use of technology within organizations and specifically how impactful technology is on organizational productivity.