Operating bigger ships efficiently, attention to inland infrastructure and compensatory pricing are all on the agenda of the ocean carrier's management team this year.
Inventory optimization solutions give companies a new weapon to combat the layers of safety stock that often plague complex, multi-echelon supply chains.
Aberdeen's survey of more than 150 manufacturers and retailers finds that visibility is their top concern, but global supply chains present many other challenges as well.
A series of potential roadblocks has caused companies to take a fresh look at transportation. First in a new series on best practices in supply chain management.
Supply chain management simply isn't good enough anymore. Today, you must have a combination of strong executive leadership, careful process redesign and demand-driven supply networks.
The manufacturer says that returns management works best when every department-and each trading partner-understands it has a role to play in controlling unsaleables.
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