Regulation & Compliance

Training, Technology Top Tools for Improving Global Trade Management, Survey Says

January 18, 2013

Technology solutions and staff training top the list of initiatives that companies are using today to improve global shipping performance and reduce costs, according to the Global Trade Management Report from Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium.

Oracle Releases New Versions of Transport, Trade-Management Apps

January 16, 2013

Oracle Corp.

Oracle Corp. has released version 6.3 of two applications, Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management.

UPS Prepared to Retract Offer to Take Over TNT Express

January 16, 2013

The New York Times

United Parcel Service announced that it would withdraw its $6.9bn takeover offer for TNT Express, a Dutch shipping company, after European antitrust authorities told U.P.S. that they would block the deal.

GT Nexus to Merge With TradeCard, Form Single Cloud Tech Platform

January 15, 2013

GT Nexus Inc. and TradeCard Inc. have announced a merger agreement that will create a single cloud-technology platform for global trade and supply-chain management.

Report Outlines Business Continuity Programs that Go Beyond the Disastrous First 48 Hours

January 14, 2013

PwC

Plans that detail a business's initial emergency response provide a road map for keeping operations running through a crisis and ready a business for the return to full operational effectiveness in the weeks that follow a disruption. These forward-thinking solutions are critical components to effective business continuity programs, according to a new PwC US paper entitled, "Beyond the first 48 hours: Can your business continuity plan go the distance?"

Retailers, Others Urge Sides to Avoid Port Strike on East, Gulf Coasts

January 14, 2013

National Retail Federation

A diverse coalition of more than 120 local, state and national stakeholders, ranging from farmers and manufacturers to retailers and wholesalers sent a letter to the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance Ltd. (USMX) urging both sides to remain at the negotiating table until they "reach a new long-term contract."

Supply-Chain Risk Management: An Essential Competency

January 10, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Noha Tohamy, research vice president with Gartner, identifies the proactive strategies that leading companies are using to manage supply-chain risk today.

World Resources Institute Adds Sustainability to Business Analysis

January 9, 2013

World Resources Institute

The World Resources Institute (WRI) has incorporated sustainability into the traditional SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis employed by many businesses.

Mastering the Complexities of Global Trade

January 7, 2013

Scott Byrnes, Anthony Hardenburgh, Ty Bordner and Stephanie Miles, Amber Road

The Industrial Internet: A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow?

January 7, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

A few weeks back I referenced the work of Robert J. Gordon, an economist and professor at Northwestern University. In a paper published last September for the Centre for Economic Research, he laid out the history of the first three industrial revolutions. And he asked whether a fourth, supposedly driven by the internet and other advances in information technology, could come anywhere near its predecessors in terms of productivity improvements.