These 4 charts explain Amazon's fulfillment speed

Amazon's speed is key to how it plans to compete with large retailers. These charts help explain its investment.

By Matt Leonard • Nov. 25, 2019

Seasonal retail workers attracted to flexible work options, report says

Robust hiring forecasts preceded a holiday hiring season that began as early as August for some retailers.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Nov. 25, 2019

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Inventory Management

Read how retailers and brand manufactures are rethinking inventory management as an effective strategy against tariffs.

By Supply Chain Dive staff

What are the most critical KPIs for today's supply chains? 4 experts weigh in

Key performance indicators can make or break supply chains and it seems as though there are more to choose from every day. 

By Morgan Forde • Nov. 25, 2019

Embracing change during supply chain transformation

Adam Runsdorf, president of WDSrx, writes that while his company is committed to reducing costs and increasing productivity for clients, achieving those goals internally became a challenge as the business grew.

By Adam Runsdorf • Nov. 22, 2019

Patent Pending: Nike's ship-from-store concept, Walmart's autonomous locker

Supply chain innovators apply to patent what they see as important tools for the future of supply chains. Sometimes they're brilliant. Sometimes they're funny. Every week, we'll share a few.

By Matt Leonard • Nov. 21, 2019

Lowe's to invest $1.7B in supply chain over 5 years

New warehouses are taking the pressure off stores to make customer deliveries — an important shift since a main challenge has been figuring out how to keep store items in stock. 

By Emma Cosgrove • Nov. 21, 2019

UPS plans to improve healthcare traceability with IoT-enabled logistics

The new offering, called UPS Premier, will provide better visibility and traceability for healthcare-related shipments while boosting on-time deliveries, according to the carrier.

By Matt Leonard • Nov. 21, 2019

Target credits new tech with lowering backroom inventory

The items in the system, roughly 15% so far, show less frequent stockouts and lower backroom quantities than those not yet integrated.

By Emma Cosgrove • Nov. 21, 2019

Home Depot assesses tariff impact SKU-by-SKU

Home Depot's tariff mitigation strategy is a data-driven effort analyzing the impact of tariffs at the SKU level.

By Emma Cosgrove • Nov. 20, 2019

71% of manufacturers employ IoT despite cyber risks: PwC

A study from PwC found 68% of manufacturers surveyed planned to increase their investment in Internet of Things (IoT) integration in the next two years, believing the benefits outweigh the potential cyber security challenges.

By Morgan Forde • Nov. 19, 2019

Private inventories grew by $67 billion in third quarter

Some of the inventory growth can be attributed to tariffs, but some could also be explained by businesses trying to keep up with the new standard speed of e-commerce.

By Matt Leonard • Nov. 19, 2019

Managing supply chain risk in an economic downturn

Economists may not agree on the timing, but there’s growing consensus that the U.S. economy’s longest period of economic expansion in history will soon start to wane — what does this mean for supply chains?

By Craig Guillot • Nov. 18, 2019

Survey: 39% of consumers have ditched in-store purchases due to out-of-stocks

Over half of Gen X shoppers and 75% of millennials have abandoned items in-store only to buy them online, according to a new report. 

By Lisa Rowan • Nov. 18, 2019

What is the importance of speed in the modern day supply chain? 4 experts weigh in

The consumer expectation of faster deliveries and fulfillment begets faster company operations. 

By Shefali Kapadia • Nov. 18, 2019

Hospitals waste $27.5B on bad supply chain management, Navigant says

Between 2017 and 2018, wasteful spending on supplies rose 11.8%, or $2.7 billion according to the study of 2,127 hospitals.

By Ron Shinkman • Nov. 15, 2019

Patent Pending: Can UPS cut down cold chain costs with better data?

Supply chain innovators apply to patent what they see as important tools for the future of supply chains. Sometimes they're brilliant. Sometimes they're funny. Every week, we'll share a few.

By Matt Leonard • Nov. 15, 2019

Where is the new China?

As the trade war carries on and labor costs rise, supply chains seek a new home for manufacturing and sourcing. But each alternative location comes with pros and cons.

By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • Nov. 14, 2019

Tesla selects Berlin for Gigafactory, skips UK citing Brexit uncertainty: report

Other car companies voiced concerns over events unfolding in the United Kingdom that could disrupt the auto industry's just-in-time manufacturing. 

By Matt Leonard • Nov. 14, 2019

Port of LA exec warns trade war should concern all US ports

The U.S.-China trade war and current tariff lists threaten 1.47 million jobs and $186 billion in economic activity nationwide, according to the Port of Los Angeles. 

By Morgan Forde • Nov. 13, 2019

Tyson: Current market makes accurate forecast impossible

A deadly disease affecting the global hog supply, unpredictable trade policy shifts and a fire in Kansas all made executives wary of predicting next year's earnings — but it's not all bad news. 

By Emma Cosgrove • Nov. 13, 2019

Sanofi reduces chemical, water use more than 90% with continuous manufacturing

While the pharma industry had been slow to adopt continuous manufacturing, Sanofi's new plant signals the shift is underway and those adopting the process are seeing benefits.

By Matt Leonard • Nov. 12, 2019

What pharma manufacturing can learn from M&Ms

As the pharmaceutical industry looks to shift from batch to continuous production, manufacturers may take a page from the food playbook.

By Gary Wollenhaupt • Nov. 12, 2019

This map is the first step to understanding risk in the food supply chain

Understanding weather and infrastructure risks can help inform supply chain decisions in states that are home to major freight hubs and agricultural production centers.

By Matt Leonard • Nov. 12, 2019

Adidas moves high-tech Speedfactory to Asia, closing factories in US, Germany

With the production move, Adidas suggests the business case is still better in Asia, even with advanced technology and despite the distance from target consumers. 

By Emma Cosgrove • Nov. 12, 2019

Dean Foods files for bankruptcy as consumer demand for milk declines

Last year, Dean Foods laid off 207 workers with the closure of two milk processing factories, ended more than 100 dairy contracts with the company to curtail how much milk it was buying and closed three other facilities.

By Lillianna Byington • Nov. 12, 2019