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Every supply chain manager is also an individual consumer, and there can be no doubt that the innovations in one market often alter the demand, offerings and consumer expectations of…

The trucking industry has some fundamental problems to solve. It’s not that something specific has “gone wrong.” Rather, it’s simply an inefficient industry in general. There’s no shame in admitting…

Read any of the recent, glitzy headlines about Amazon’s new Delivery Service Partners program and you walk away with the feeling that Amazon is not only pushing the threshold on…

As you might have noticed, we are kind of experienced in the wrap-up business, delivering you the most interesting supply chain news of the week each Friday. David Weaver, who…

Black Friday and Cyber Monday break all records again Friday after Thanksgiving is known to be an eventful day. Black Friday, the opening of the Christmas shopping season reached a…

Thursday is Thanksgiving. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest festival, which today is recognized as one of the first Thanksgiving festivals in the colonies.…

This month marks the end of six years of blogging within the supply chain industry and the beginning of a promising 7th year as well as a new chapter for…

“Artificial intelligence has the potential to reinvent the world, from how businesses operate to the types of jobs people hold to the way wars are fought. In health care, AI promises to help doctors diagnose…

Gamification – noun: the application of typical elements of game playing (e.g. point scoring, competition with others, rules of play) to other areas of activity. Some argue that gamification goes…

More delivery robots on the streets The delivery sector is experiencing many changes to address consumers’ ever-growing demands. On Tuesday, it was announced that Starship Technologies, a company developing small…