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.
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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.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog updates readers on the latest state of affairs relative Brexit, the planned exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
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The 2018 holiday fulfillment surge period appears to have kicked-off to a roaring start with new records of online holiday sales activity levels related to the Black Friday event.
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Nikola Corporation announced last week that the hybrid electric Class 8 tractor truck manufacturer had completed a $210 million Series C investment funding round.
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Amazon’s ultimate selection of two separate U.S. cities for its second (HQ2) corporate headquarters may have overshadowed a third significant announcement for the supply chain management logistics and technology communities.
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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.
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The Supply Chain Matters blog provides our first update regarding the kickoff of the 2018 holiday fulfillment surge, namely the record breaking 2018 Singles Day online shopping event in China.
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This weekend marks the official kickoff of the 2018 holiday customer fulfillment surge period which will once again test months of planning and investment in various people, process and technology deployment areas to manage expected high shipment volumes.
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Members of the Ocean Alliance, Tang Ming Lines, and CargoSmart are teaming-up to form a consortium to develop, implement and pilot blockchain technology enabled processes to address specific stakeholder network needs. This initiative and the Maersk-IBM initiative bear watching over the coming months.
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Many businesses and their respective supply chains are increasingly feeling the pressure to accelerate movement toward digital-based transformation and more digital-enabled processes. The reality can present itself with added barriers and challenges. A new concept to consider is often described as Hybrid Integration, namely integrating B2B Business Network information via common API’s with existing Cloud and legacy backbone processes and systems.
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This Supply Chain Matters blog commentary is penned three days before the mid-term elections in the United States, an election that likely has voters contemplating many issues including a vote on the impacts of tariffs on individual businesses and industries.
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