The nation's infrastructure crisis is crying out for a long-term solution.

Amber Road, the vendor of global trade-management (GTM) software, has once more achieved ISO 9001:2008 quality certification for its Global Knowledge Update Process.

Economists' predictions often disagree, but there's one thing they have in common: They're pretty much all wrong.

"Planning for disruption" can seem like a contradiction in terms, but there are measures that food companies can take to protect themselves from the inevitable crises that threaten to derail their supply chains, however unpredictable they might be, says Brian Benjamin, senior director of strategic accounts with Havi Global Solutions.

The Federal Trade Commission has updated a longstanding rule governing mail and phone-based retailers to explicitly include e-commerce vendors as well, meaning that online retailers now must abide by a 30-day shipping requirement or refund customers' payments if they can't.

Here's a bit of advice for big-box retailers who fear a rise in the minimum wage: Get used to it.