European Parcel Services Continue to Expand Their Networks to Keep Up With...
| By Stan La Haye | Senior Manager, Transportation Europe | Chainalytics | To mention that digital connectivity has fundamentally changed consumerism forever provides no groundbreaking revelation....
View ArticleUPS Implements New Fees and Rate Increases – Will the Other Players Follow Suit?
| By Jim Haller | Senior Manager, Parcel Spend Optimization | Chainalytics | Folllowing a very subtly posted statement in early May, UPS imposed additional fees and rate increases effective Monday,...
View ArticleManaging the Complexities of a Pharma Supply Chain
| By Karthik Ravikumar | Senior Manager, Supply Chain Design | and | Vikas Argod | Senior Manager, Supply Chain Operations | Chainalytics | What makes a supply chain complex? It is a simple sounding,...
View ArticleTransportation Capacity Planning Tips to Help Ensure On-Time Delivery This...
| By Bryan Wyatt | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics Every holiday season, major online retailers strive to efficiently manage their transportation operations in order to ensure on-time...
View ArticleThe Future of S&OP: A New Dawn?
| By Brad Way | Manager, Integrated Demand and Supply Planning | Chainalytics | Want better visibility into your inventory and upstream product availability? Need to get proactive around the range of...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, GST! You Are Delivering Supply Chain Savings
| By Karthik Ravikumar | Senior Manager, Supply Chain Design | and | Vikas Argod | Senior Manager, Supply Chain Operations | Chainalytics | Exactly one year ago, on 1st July 2017, India entered into...
View ArticleIs Amazon’s New Delivery Service Partner Program Really a Good Thing?
| By Bryan Wyatt | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics | Amazon, with the announcement of its new Delivery Service Partners Program, is once again creating industry disruption, this time by...
View ArticleAlibaba, Tech Industry Believe Logistics Are Key to Continued Growth in the...
| By Tim Foster | Managing Director, APAC Region | Chainalytics | Alibaba, one of the world’s largest e-commerce marketplaces, understands the value of logistical efficiency. So it should be no...
View ArticleSupply Chain Strategies For Improving Freight Capacity in a Tightened Market
| By Jeff Zoroya | Director, Supply Chain Design | Chainalytics | Most supply chain professionals are aware of tightened capacity and rate inflation currently impacting the truckload (TL) market. While...
View ArticleWhy an E-Commerce Packaging Strategy Is Important for Your Brand
| By Alex Turner | Consultant, Packaging | Chainalytics | With e-commerce climbing to the top of everyone’s agenda, marketplace challenges now dictate that you ask yourself if your product can...
View ArticleDoes the USPS Really Need an Overhaul?
| By Francisco Perez | Consultant, Transportation | Chainalytics | The United States Postal Service has experienced ongoing revenue challenges for quite some time, so it is not surprising to see that...
View ArticleGaining Big Efficiency in Supply Chain Visibility Without Spending Big Dollars
| By Tim Brindley | Senior Manager, Supply Chain Operations | Chainalytics | Every person, regardless of industry, is caught in highly reactive day-to-day business rhythms, so it’s only natural to...
View ArticleIs It Time to Rethink Parcel?
| By Jim Haller | Senior Manager, Parcel Optimization | Chainalytics | Historically for most organizations, parcel spend made up a much smaller component of their transportation spend as companies...
View ArticleDrafting the Ultimate Fantasy Team: Supply Chain Edition
| By Jacqueline Quirk | Senior Consultant, Supply Chain Operations | Chainalytics | Nothing quite compares to the sensation of winning: watching your carefully chosen players perform well, game after...
View ArticleDirect-to-Consumer – Creating Additional Supply Chain Complexity for...
| By Kyle Ous | Manager, Packaging Optimization | Chainalytics | Direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales, a component of e-commerce, continues to emerge as a viable business strategy for manufacturers exploring...
View ArticleThe Epic Battle of Bull and Bear – The Double-edged Sword of Rapid Truckload...
| By Matt Harding | Vice President, Freight Market Intelligence Consortium (FMIC) | Chainalytics | Within our services in the Chainalytics Freight Market Intelligence Consortium (FMIC), we process well...
View ArticleAPICS 2018 Will Provide New Insights As Always
| By Jonathan Whitaker | Principal, Managed Analytics | Chainalytics | Look out Chicago, the annual APICS conference is coming your way and with it, thousands of supply chain professionals from around...
View ArticleTips for Maintaining a Successful Ocean Transportation Procurement Event
With mergers and alliance formations limiting carrier options for ocean freight procurement, shippers now have to adjust their bid strategies to achieve the best possible rates and service levels. For...
View ArticlePeak Season Matters, but So Does the Rest of the Year
As we enter October, hopefully your organization has started communicating, if not implementing, your peak season strategy for this year’s holiday cycle. A healthy economy, low unemployment and...
View Article3 Key Steps to Improving Packaging Efficiency
An organization’s packaging operation provides an excellent starting point for driving warehouse efficiencies and should be considered as a major contributor to your supply chain performance. Packaging...
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