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Emerging Markets Present Opportunities and Challenges
Supply chain leaders hold the key to success or failure for businesses that want to capitalize on the $30 trillion opportunity presented by emerging markets according to a report by research firm Gartner Inc. The importance of supply chain management […]
Omni-Channel Delivers
Pop quiz: A customer in Atlanta orders a tie from a retailer’s e-commerce site. One tie is located in a distribution center (DC) on the outskirts of town. Three more are located in the flagship store in New York. Which […]
How Prepared is Your Supply Chain for Disruptions?
by Sterling J. Scott, Marketing Communications Coordinator, MHI | @mhi_sterling 44% of container cargo comes in and out of the U.S. through West Coast ports. 13,600 dockworkers’ contracts at 30 West Coast ports expire Monday, June 30. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and […]
The Evolving Parcel Industry
Competition has always been fierce in retail. But as retailers continue to contend for greater customer loyalty and a larger share of the market, those in shipping and material handling are finding themselves racing to keep up with demands for […]
The ACA’s Impact on the Healthcare Supply Chain
The supply chain represents as much as 40 percent of the operating costs of hospitals, the second-largest expense after labor. The average hospital carries 8,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) of in-house inventory and owns up to 35,000 SKUs end-to-end. The […]
Security & Supply Chain: ISIS Threatens Global Supply Chains
by Sterling J. Scott, Marketing Communications Coordinator, MHI | @mhi_sterling Iraq is the seventh-largest producer and fifth-largest exporter of oil in the world and the second-largest exporter in OPEC. The country’s largest oil refinery as well as the capital of Baghdad […]