Labor Management, Sourcing/Negotiations, Supply Chain Management
Profile of Lyndsi Lee, vice president of supply chain with hardware and home improvement wholesaler True Value, who drives end-to-end supply chain optimization, develop integrated planning and logistics strategies, and build best-in-class sourcing programs.
Inventory Management, Sourcing/Negotiations, Materials Handling
Here’s how to integrate demand and supply initiatives and techniques into your procurement strategies.
Sourcing/Negotiations, Supply Chain, Transportation
Boost procurement sourcing by finding a provider who can deliver all three of the necessary components: transportation expertise, technology and process. Here’s how.
Sourcing/Negotiations, Logistics, Supply Chain
Faced with uncertainty surrounding international supply chains, buyers are looking to optimize the presence of local vendors.
Sourcing/Negotiations, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management
Consolidated procurement offers cost benefits as well as improved efficiency throughout the supply chain. Find out how you can implement this approach and realize its advantages.
Sourcing/Negotiations, Supply Chain
When most buyers plan to select a new supplier, they are usually tempted to focus on the best price. But shaving a few cents off the product price is no help if the quality is below standard or the component does not arrive when you need it.
Customer Service, Sourcing/Negotiations, Supply Chain
A profile of Matt Cantatore, COO of Ollie, a national service that delivers healthy, high-quality pet food that it sells direct-to-consumers.
Sourcing/Negotiations, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management
The New NAFTA winners and losers; shippers need larger customs bonds; Panama Canal sets record annual cargo tonnage in fiscal year 2018; South Korea trade growth remains positive in Q4 2018; the EU countries importing the most coffee; Feelunique partners with SEKO Logistics for cross-border growth into China; first global network of ocean-bound plastics supply chains
Global Logistics, Sourcing/Negotiations, Retail
Executives from leading fashion and apparel brands, retailers, importers, and wholesalers reveal the supply chain challenges topping their list.
Sourcing/Negotiations, Trucking, Transportation
While there are more trucks in the marketplace now than there were a year ago, carriers and others warn against freight capacity complacency. They recommend three essentials for making sure shippers get the capacity they need now and later.
Sourcing/Negotiations, Logistics, Supply Chain
As closer supply chain ties are forged with vendors, logistics managers must increasingly collaborate with procurement. To provide insight, a new study illuminates today's procurement process, and the many challenges purchasing managers face.
Sourcing/Negotiations, Logistics, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management
Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) can be integrated into almost any industrial business. The key to implementing this concept is to identify areas where sustainable practices can be applied to an existing supply chain.
E-commerce, Sourcing/Negotiations, Logistics, Supply Chain
Business continuity remains essential in building supply chain resilience; an Amber Road/AAEI survey on sourcing, trade and e-commerce highlights identifies challenges and strategies to help global supply chain managers proactively prepare for trade complexities; more temperature-sensitive medicines are moving by ocean freight despite market shake-up
Global Logistics, Sourcing/Negotiations, Global Trade Management, Logistics
Shippers are keeping a close watch on Cuba, and analyzing market and product gaps waiting to be filled. Here’s a look at the changing realities of sanctions, sourcing, and compliance.
Lean Logistics, Lean, Sourcing/Negotiations, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management
This article defines strategic sourcing and how to implement it.
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