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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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Supply Management’s Role in New Product Innovation By William Crane, CPSM Supply management leaders from midmarket consumer products to global automotive manufacturers are yearning to unleash

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More Miles Between Breakdowns, but Higher Repair Costs for Fleets While trucking fleets, on average, increased their miles between breakdowns during the second quarter, repair and maintenance

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Holiday Shopping and Spending, Pandemic Style The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has far-reaching supply chain impacts, including how people are expected to shop this holiday season. With

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A ‘Complex and Highly Skilled’ COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution With the U.S. setting records for coronavirus cases and hospitalizations on a near-daily basis — with no signs of slowing — and

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Quantifying the Impacts of Disruptions, Large and Small Supply chain disruption has been a constant during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A report from Miami-based business consultancy The

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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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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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Managing Fleet Replacement in 2021 With COVID-19 public-health mandates in place, shipping activity has been more heavily dependent on transporters, meaning more miles have been put on trucks. As

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The Case for Upgrading Truck Fleets Companies that transport goods — whether food distributors, grocery companies, retail companies, or oil and gas transporters — are increasingly realizing the

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