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The Top 10 Supply Chain Blog Posts of 2014

GlobalTranz

We pick up where we left off yesterday from posting the Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts for 2014 by page views from the Cerasis blog by featuring the Top 10 Supply Chain Blog Posts in 2014. What did you find most intriguing in the Supply Chain arena in 2014? Top Supply Chain Blog Posts for 2014.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

And more companies are treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise (see Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration ). What will happen in 2016? Or will any rate increases, if they actually occur, be short-lived?

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Green supply chain history: The origin of Supply Chain Management can be dated back to the early 20th with Henry Ford who vertically integrates the automotive supply chain and organizational practices. The purpose of going green is shown in the table.

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Top Freight Blogs of 2016… So Far

GlobalTranz

Today marks the official halfway point of 2016 and that means it's time for our "Top Posts for the first half of the year" annual event. We will feature our 5 main categories all week: Logistics , Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Transportation , and Freight. 5 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts of 2016.So

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How to effectively control your transport costs.

ModusLink Corporation

It is no secret that transport costs have been rising across all different modalities. Carriers must enforce measures such as peak surcharges, and records are being broken in terms of transport costs throughput. Inflation puts immense pressure on many businesses and forces them to reevaluate their current transport operations.

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Will Cost Management Trump Innovation Investments in 2016?

Talking Logistics

We’re just a week into 2016 and the outlook for economic growth is arguably more pessimistic today than it was just a few weeks ago. Heavy-duty truck orders declined 37 percent in December 2015 compared to December 2014, according to industry research firm FTR. The Dow Jones Index is down more than 6 percent since January 1.

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Where Do We Go From Here? Taking a Look at the 2016 State of Logistics Report

GlobalTranz

For the first time in more than 10 years, the Federal Reserve took the initiative to slightly increase interest rates, but the hopes for a robust start to 2016 were quickly dashed. percent annually between 2010 and 2014. Instead, annual transportation costs rose continued to rise by 5.5 trillion in 2014. made up only 7.85