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Leverage Data to Produce Accurate Inventory Demand Forecasts
From MHI Solutions Having the right item in stock when customers are ready to purchase is an essential component of customer satisfaction. Customers have a wide range of choices, so whether they are looking for clothing, appliances or electronics, there […]
Self-Driving Vehicles Will Hit the Highways Within a Decade – Study
As manufacturers and shippers adopt robot labor and e-tail giant Amazon ponders delivery drones, we all may be less than a generation away from a world of self-driving cars. A new study from research and analysis firm IHS, Emerging Technologies: […]
Nutella Supply Chain Illustrates Global Agri-Food Industry Networks
To get a glimpse of the global value chains feeding the agri-food industry, consider the supply network behind the humble Nutella jar. A new Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development paper seeking to shed light on global supply chains across […]
Labor Calls on U.S. to Purge Abuses from Government Supply Chain
Labor groups are calling on President Obama to clean up the federal supply chain after a recent New York Times article cited severe, unsafe working conditions and legal violations in foreign factories that supply uniforms and other clothing to the […]
Study Links Socially Responsible Supplier Selection to Better Financial Performance
A growing number of retailers and manufacturers have adopted policies aimed at making their supply chains transparent and free of environmental and human-rights abuses – moves that surely improve corporate image. A recent study suggests that “socially responsible supplier selection” […]
Europe Survey Finds Split Between Supply Chain Operations, Business Goals
Eighty percent of European supply chain leaders don’t see their company’s supply chain as enabling organizational business strategies, a recent survey found. Hitachi Consulting in September conducted a telephone survey of 100 supply chain executives and managers across nine countries […]