Collaboration with foreign suppliers is key to ensuring food safety compliance

Chinese suppliers are more likely to comply when U.S. companies emphasize transparency, enforcement, innovation and collaboration to improve food safety throughout the supply chain.

By Edwin Lopez • Jan. 10, 2017

Automakers scale up supply network in race to build self-driving cars

While Ford, GM and Tesla focus on proprietary systems, their competitors are working together to develop a standardized system to sell across the industry.

By Edwin Lopez , Jennifer McKevitt • Jan. 10, 2017

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Inventory Management

Read how retailers and brand manufactures are rethinking inventory management.

By Supply Chain Dive staff

The 'softer' side of 3PL and shipping matters, too

Shippers should evaluate 3PLs, carriers on soft skills as well as fundamentals, or risk losing business.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Jan. 3, 2017

Survey: Manufacturers are optimistic about fixing supplier problems in 2017

Roughly 83% of respondees experienced problems with suppliers last year, but only a third believe issues will spill over into the new year.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Jan. 3, 2017

What is 'supply chain'?

The news we cover suggest it is a concept, a function and an industry at once.

By Edwin Lopez • Jan. 2, 2017

Tips, stats and stories to overcome the supply chain talent crisis in 2017

Baby boomers are once again shifting gears to help train the next generation of supply chain managers as retirement nears.

By Edwin Lopez , Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 27, 2016

Coke protects supply chain with AB InBev buyout deal

The soda company is looking to keep PepsiCo's Latin America bottling company away from its own products.

By Edwin Lopez • Dec. 23, 2016

McDonald's case study shows the virtues of horizontal supply chains

A six-year member of Gartner's Supply Chain Top 25, the fast food chain's supplier relationships have helped the company weather various storms.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 22, 2016

Surging drug prices force hospitals to lean supply chains

Lacking leverage to combat a surge in drug prices, hospitals are turning to inventory management and procurement practices to help save costs.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 20, 2016

Gender disparity in procurement underlies talent crisis

Conferences, one-to-one mentoring and microsites can help address the gap by highlighting women's achievements in the sector. 

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 16, 2016

Preparing for 2017? Don't overlook rising supply chain risk

Halloween might be over, but that doesn’t mean the ghouls and goblins aren’t still creeping around waiting for your vulnerable moment.

By Gary M. Barraco • Dec. 15, 2016

Risk, not resilience: Why companies avoid examining disruption

Rather than react to invisible threats, build an agile chain that will minimize loss.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 15, 2016

Forever 21's former carrier rises from dependency-induced bankruptcy

After extensive losses last year, EZ Worldwide Express chose bankruptcy to free itself from an unprofitable contract with Forever 21.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 15, 2016

Report: The 7 traits procurement high-performers display

Valued, engaged and efficient procurement teams can drive high savings for companies. Here's how.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 14, 2016

Why shipment visibility is critical for retailers, carriers and customers

A retailer’s goodwill can disappear in a flash, or perhaps in a puddle.

By Rich Weissman • Dec. 13, 2016

Could whole chain traceability be the answer to food safety and transparency?

Even if it is, the method of tracking supply may not yet be feasible for manufacturers and retailers.

By Carolyn Heneghan • Dec. 12, 2016

Supply chain communication is critical for meeting omnichannel demands

As risk of disruption spreads throughout the supply chain, transparency is becoming paramount.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 12, 2016

Freight tariffs too high? Tips for negotiating rail freight contracts

This is all about commitment, scale, and seeing where the money is spent.

By Rich Weissman • Dec. 9, 2016

Digital tools bring freight forwarding to the next generation of professionals

Shrinking margins are increasingly challenging 3PLs to go digital in order to improve sales.

By Jennifer McKevitt , Rich Weissman • Dec. 9, 2016

Students demand Georgetown University cut Nike contract amid reports of supply chain abuses

Nike's close relationship with the university has come under pressure as the company refuses to subject its supply chain to watchdog audits.

By Edwin Lopez • Dec. 9, 2016

Delivery problems? Time to rethink your S&OP metrics

Supply chain must take production capacity into account during the S&OP process or risk aggravating existing delivery problems.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 8, 2016

Report: 2 in 5 companies do not analyze the cause of supply chain disruptions

Only 41% of the disruptions occur through Tier 1 suppliers, reinforcing the need for visibility solutions that stretch further upstream.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 8, 2016

Supply chains account for $906B in deforestation-linked revenues

Corporate sustainability policies are meaningless if businesses lack the leadership or teeth to penalize deviant suppliers.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 6, 2016

Niche vendors offer procurement departments innovative approaches larger suppliers cannot

Smaller vendors are offering unique contributions to supply chain that may make them indispensable to the future of procurement.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Dec. 6, 2016

Why Gavi and UPS invest in people to improve the vaccine supply chain

Lacking supply chain infrastructure, basic logistics management can only go so far in improving product access within developing countries.

By Jennifer McKevitt • Nov. 30, 2016