How the Driver Shortage Is Affecting the Supply Chain Industry

With the average age of truck drivers increasing by the day and regulations limiting the number of hours a driver can be on the road, supply chains are looking at a severe shortage of qualified individuals. The problem of a weak labor market is compounded by the high turnover rate it causes. During times like…

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Remove, Like, Verbal Fillers from, Um, Your Vocabulary

Widely credited as one of the most gifted orators of our time, President Obama gets away with the occasional ‘uh’ or ‘um’ – but that doesn’t mean you should be using them all of the time. President Obama and other politicians can get away with these and other verbal fillers because they make these politicians…

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Supply Chain Value Webs Provide Flexibility

As industry evolves, companies need to make their supply chains more competitive by reexamining just what they can accomplish. An emerging way to accomplish this goal is not to look at the procurement ecosystem as a series of supply chains, but as a ‘value web’. When set up properly by a company, a value web…

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Don’t Get Left Behind: How to Merge Supply Chain and IT

To be able to compete globally, more businesses are adding technology to their supply chain management strategy. In the past few years, consumers have become more demanding and started setting their expectations high in terms of quality and service. Concurrently, supply chain managers must understand how the latest technology can assist them in terms of…

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