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JSCM Video: Managing outsource reverse supply chain operations
While reverse logistics is more important than ever, little is known about how companies define their approach to managing outsourced operations. This bridges that gap

The Rebound Podcast: The future of retail fulfillment
Retail fulfillment may never be the same, and that’s not a bad thing! Listen in as Craig Jones discusses how Under Armour is re-inventing its fulfillment capabilities

Li-ion vs. Thin Plate Pure Lead Batteries (TTPL) Batteries for Lift Trucks
As lithium-ion batteries continue to grow in popularity, lead-acid battery manufacturers are now offering thin plate pure lead batteries (TTPL) in response, an offspring of the absorbed glass mat (AGM) technology, as an alternative.

Will 2020 Be Forever Known as the Summer of Piece-Picking?
With the increase in e-commerce orders, now be the time piece-picking robotics come into their own.

Supply Chain Startup: Plus One Robotics’ software vision
Perception and vision are key to making piece-picking robotics a reality in the DC

Reskilling: Tapping the talent pool
COVID-19 has resulted in massive unemployment. It may be an opportunity for warehouse operators

Supply Chain Startup: What to do with all that excess inventory
INTURN helps brands optimize excess inventory

Cycles of pan(dem)ic and neglect
There’s much to be learned about COVID from supply chain tsunami. Hint: It’s probably not a one- time event

WTO’s ruling on Trump’s trade tariffs underscores need for fresh approach, say trade experts
Even though this development is unlikely to have a material impact on the current state of global trade, specifically as it relates to tariffs and the ongoing U.S.-China trade war, it was very interesting to hear thoughts about it from two of the foremost U.S.-based trade experts on a call hosted last week by the Port of Los Angeles (POLA), POLA Executive Director Gene Seroka and National Retail Federation Vice President of Supply Chain and Customs...

Supply Chain Startup: Nearly 20 years of startup investing
Dave Anderson shares lessons from long-term investing in supply chain

JSCM Video: Informal exchanges, formal sourcing
Whether supply managers accept or reject the advice they receive from colleagues during information exchanges can have a significant impact on the cohesion of sourcing teams.

2020: The Year of the Logistician Part 5 of 5
Modern-day superheroes, logisticians have been working tirelessly through the global pandemic to keep the orders fulfilled and the delivery machines running

The Rebound Podcast: What’s ahead for small package delivery
E-commerce is heating up! Listen in as Alan Amling discusses the future of small package delivery

Keeping the fabric flowing at JOANN Stores
One of the country’s best-known fabric and craft stores turned to order management and its brick-and-mortar assets to fill orders of essential supplies during COVID

Don’t Believe the Hype: A Call for Responsible Supply Chain Analytics – Part 4 of 5
How supply chain managers can cut through the data hype, ask the right questions, and rely on more responsible analytics in today’s uncertain business environment

The Rebound Podcast: Workforce diversity
Listen in as BBC World News America’s Katty Kay discusses diversity in the workplace and the future of work Post-COVID. ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock are hosts

Supply Chain Startup: Enabling the self-driving supply chain
Aera Technology provides the tools to turn your data into actionable insights, across processes

Made in the USA: It’s not necessarily an all-or-nothing proposition
One positive outcome from the current COVID-19 pandemic is the increased willingness of government entities to support business activities that help sustain private sector supply chain efforts. It’s time for supply chain managers to step up and leverage these opportunities.

Vodafone’s digital journey: A conversation with Ninian Wilson
One of the world’s largest mobile operators is digitizing its supply chain, with procurement a major focus

Supply chain’s role in minimizing food insecurity – Part 2 of 5
The COVID crisis caught the food supply chain off guard, but history doesn’t have to repeat itself when the next big crisis rears its head.


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