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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.;

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2018

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.;

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A Common Career Thread

BlueYonder

She’s spent many years in a variety of retail roles that has led her full circle to Blue Yonder. I started my career in retail operations working at an Osco Drug store near my hometown. I have worked for two grocers, a department store, a pet specialty retailer and now Blue Yonder all thanks to that decision. Any favorite parts?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

Retail import surge expected through the summer. Over the last year-plus, retail imports have been surging at US ports from coast to coast, contributing to ever-increasing backlogs. Robots in retail stores are nothing new these days. But more and more retailers are exploring how they can use them.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a Taco Bell franchisee that is building a new restaurant that the chain said will be the fastest way to get its food: a two-story, technology-heavy unit with four drive-thru lanes dubbed Taco Bell Defy. The company says the aim is to cut emissions “from raw material to retailer.”

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

EMERGE App

Much of its meteoric rise was also well-timed with the rapid change in the technology market from desktop PCs to the mobile web, including must-have devices like the iPhone and iPad to just about every mobile device made on this planet. Annual technology product updates became bi-annual. Where Do I Start? Do Your Homework.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Trucking Stocks Tumble on Downgrade, Pricing Outlook (WSJ- sub. Descartes Showcases Logistics Technology Platform Innovations at Global User and Partner Conference. Swisslog acquires Power Automation Systems (PAS).