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Packaging industry reprioritizes amid inflation, supply chain disruption
90% of companies surveyed say they have changed how their packaging is sourced due to market forces.
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Strategy
Baxa to lead CSCMP as new president and CEO
Executive had led supply chain group as interim head for past 16 months
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Publicly-held supply chain firms beat their privately owned peers at minority hiring
Gartner and ASCM survey shows that larger companies also have stronger pipelines of minority candidates for management positions.
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Orchestrating Humans and Robots: Partners in the Next Generation of Smart Warehouses
There is no doubt that the future environment of warehouses and distribution centers will be a mix of people, robots, machines and systems all working together.
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Retailers press White House to rescind China tariffs
Move would help cool off inflation, NRF argues.
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University of Arkansas tops list of best supply chain undergraduate programs
University of Tennessee, University of South Carolina round out the top 3 in Gartner’s Top 25 North American Supply Chain Undergraduate Programs report.
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The role corporate boards need to play in ESG reporting
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting has become a necessary part for logistics company corporate boards to address, especially in today’s environmentally and socially conscious world.
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Gartner Supply Chain Symposium 2022
Five traits that set top-performing supply chains apart
Research from Gartner reveals top supply chains respond better to disruption, are aggressively pursuing sustainability initiatives, have an expansive CSCO role, participate in ecosystem initiatives, and focus on human-centric automation.
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Logistics industry growth slows for second straight month
Economic activity continued to expand in May, but slowed from its rapid pace of the past two years, driven by moderating transportation markets, researchers say.
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In tough times, Gartner recommends adopting an “offset strategy”
Unconventional approaches to supply chain management can help companies compensate when facing unfavorable conditions beyond their control, analyst group says.
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