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Reaching Customers Through Search Optimization By Michael Bird For manufacturing and other B2C organizations, the ability to connect with customers is critical. But e-commerce customers can slip

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Steel Buyers: Prepare forPossible Shortages in Q4 Steel: Lock Now or Buy on Spot? The Prices and Availability Outlook for the Next 12 Months ISM2018 session on Sunday, May 6 For the steel buyer,

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Inquire of Your Suppliers By Sriram Narayanan, Ph.D., MBA, and Joe Sandor, MBA How can a supplier and buyer can begin a creative process? It is important to recognize that any knowledge creation

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The Monthly Metric: Defect Rate Welcome to the November edition of The Monthly Metric, as analytics-minded supply management professionals are still bouncing back from the tryptophan and sweets

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Navigating Fleet’s Future Freight rates and volumes are up. Corporate tax rates are lower, which is leading some companies to invest in new equipment. Thus, orders are up: According to ACT

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An End-to-End View: The Skill of the Future As supply management evolves, one skill stands out as necessary: An end-to-end view of the supply chain. “It used to be that if you were in

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Last-Mile Delivery Companies Are Rethinking Real-Estate Priorities Location is always said to be the most important factor when it comes to real estate. But location isn’t the only consideration

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Making Safety Count — On the Road and the Bottom Line As the delivery space grows and evolves, last-mile carriers are faced with increasing costs related to warehousing rents, labor and

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Talent Challenges in the Last-Mile Delivery Arena Long-haul trucking, with its driver shortages, isn’t the only delivery space facing talent issues. The last-mile space, buoyed by growth in

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Developing Resiliency by Reducing Logistics Fragmentation Cooperation and collaboration could become the buzzwords of the 2020s. The need for both will become even greater — particularly in the

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