Supply Chain Matters Top Ten Most Popular Blogs in 2018
Supply Chain Matters Editor Bob Ferrari outlines the ten most popular blog commentaries in 2018 along with close runners-up.
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Category: Service-centered Supply Chains
Preliminary Retail Sales Data for the 2018 Holiday Season Points to a Good Year for U.S. Retail
Preliminary quantitative data indicates that 2018 retail holiday sales were the strongest in six years, a blessing for both online and brick and mortar retailers.
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2019 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part Eight
The Supply Chain Matters blog continues its series of unveiling 2019 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains. In this Part Eight posting, we highlight Prediction Seven, our belief for added converging forces of disruption impacting the global logistics and transportation industry in the coming year.
Read More 2018 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part Six
The Supply Chain Matters blog continues its series of unveiling 2019 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains by highlighting our carry-over prediction related to various multi-industry supply chain transitions toward Digitally-Enabled Response Networks.
Read More The Final Days of the 2018 Holiday Fulfillment Surge Tests Logistics, Transportation and Retailer Networks
The 2018 holiday customer fulfillment surge appears to be occurring rather smoothly for supply chain logistics and transportation services without major visible glitches, but the final crunch comes over the next eight days.
Read More General Electric Announces Moves Relative to its Digital Business Unit
General Electric announced the sale of the ServiceMax field service management applications software business along with plans to form an independent company for the remaining portions of the GE Digital business.
Read More U.S. Postal Task Force Provides Recommendations- Some Good and Some with Bias
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides highlights and pointed insight commentary related to this week’s recommendations from the Task Force on the United States Postal System.
Read More More Data Related to the Ongoing 2018 Holiday Customer Fulfillment Surge
Since our last Supply Chain Matters blog update penned on the morning of Cyber Monday, more trending information has been reported regarding the first significant week of the 2018 holiday surge period.
Read More Looking Back at 2018 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part Three
This Supply Chain Matters commentary features Part Three of a series of commentaries that look back and review 2018 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains that were published by our research arm at the beginning of this year.
Read More Apple’s Fiscal Q4 2018 Financial Performance- The Building Realities Hardware Supply Network Segmentation Strategy
Apple stock is in a current downspin after reporting its best quarterly financial performance in the history of the company. With a concern and focus on whether the company’s future iPhone’s strategy will be lower volume, higher margin hardware and related services generated margins, the implication for the supply network segmentation and supplier relationship strategies remain concerning.
Read More The Final Act of an Iconic Retail Brand- Sears
News of the eventual bankruptcy, perhaps liquidation of what once was one of the most iconic brands in retail is anti-climactic. This was an outcome that has been long anticipated somewhat painful to watch, especially from a supply and demand network capability perspective.
Read More Upcoming Holiday Fulfillment Period Provides Added Challenges and New Opportunities
Consumer confidence remains strong and forecasts for the upcoming holiday period remain positive. However, B2C and B2B online fulfillment will face added challenges in the coming weeks recruiting added labor, implementing new online fulfillment processes, and securing added resources. This may well be a period where investments in advanced technology can pay dividends.
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