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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

UPS’ eBike electric bike program, activated in Portland, Ore., Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented a new process to allow shippers to submit original vehicle export documentation electronically in lieu of delivering physical copies to their local CBP trade office. To save both time and money, U.S.

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Customer Success Coach Gay Groce Shares Insights on Maximizing Your eQMS Investment

Arena Solutions

My career began over 40 years ago at a company called Tektronix based out of Portland, Oregon. I then transitioned to a full-time position, where I focused on document control and new product introduction (NPI). Gay, please tell us a bit about your background. user access policies or change routing approval processes).

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Brokers Sound Off on New Food Safety Rule

DAT Solutions

DOCUMENTING TRANSACTIONS. Rob LaForte, owner of Columbia Fresh Transportation Services, says his transportation management software (TMS) will be a great help in storing and retrieving the documentation required by the new FDA food safety rule. He uses DAT Keypoint broker TMS and its document management module.

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Broker Avoids Ransomware Disaster

DAT Solutions

The conference was held in Portland, Oregon, a short distance from his brokerage, Columbia Fresh Transportation Services. "At The brokers also have an app they can use to take photos of documents and send them through their cell phones. User conference proves invaluable. That's the bad news.

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Data-driven decision making in beer manufacturing [expert Q&A]

Unleashed

Unleashed Software spoke with Maria Pearman, a Certified Public Accountant based in Portland, Oregon – the home of craft beer – who provides accounting expertise and deep operational knowledge to the brewing industry. As brewers ramp up production it’s critical they protect margins with data-driven decision making.

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8 Inventory Costing Methods That You Might Not Know About

EMERGE App

Her supply chain is well documented and transparent for all to see. Annabelle does a roaring wholesale trade in vintage watches in Portland. Let’s illustrate the different effect of these three methods with a completely fictitious example. Example: Penelope’s Poppin’ Vegan Soaps Inc.

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From Materials to Practices: Sustainable Purchasing Groundswell At The SPLC Summit 2019

EcoVadis

Portland has a reputation as a sort of sustainability mecca, so it was certainly an apt site for the SPLC’s annual Summit. Trading partners are cautious when it comes to transparency, whether in private or public tenders, and may be reticent to provide policy or process documents required for a thorough CSR assessment. for a tender).