The untraceable ingredients in skincare products

In the baffling world of skincare ingredients, where is the best place to start seeking sustainable skincare?

Liquid logistics: The fine art of wine transportation

Wine transport is as old as the craft itself, but as the business grows globally wine shipping companies face many challenges. Join us as we uncork the world of liquid logistics and wine shipping services.

Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures

Walmart is the largest company in the world. Its elite, well-compensated trucking fleet is part of the reason why.

What Happened to the US Machine Tool Industry?

Machine tools – machines that cut or form metal – are the heart of industrial civilization.

ERP at the Precipice: Unbundling North to South and East to West | by Brend

Technology works in cycles. This time is no different.

A New Approach to Production and Inventory Planning

Disruptions have become a way of life for manufacturers. But the production and inventory planning process that many companies, especially SMEs, use are not capable of handling the uncertainty. A new inexpensive method that was developed in research involving two companies can…

What is EDI? Electronic Data Interchange

Explore how Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) facilitates modern supply chain management.

How Sight—Not Taste, Smell, or Touch—Became the Sense of the Supermarket -

When it comes to buying food, sight has usurped all other senses. What are the consequences of relegating smell, taste, and touch to the sidelines?

The Untold Story of the Boldest Supply-Chain Hack Ever

The attackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks. They might still be there now. Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation.

Supply Chain Analysis using Python

In this article, I will take you through the task of Supply Chain Analysis using Python. Supply Chain Analysis using Python.

You can probably manufacture closer to home than you think

Let's take a closer look at how nonprofit FORGE helps founders manufacture on the other side of town instead of the other side of the world.

Aehr receives $6.7m order for FOX WaferPak full-wafer contactors

Lead SiC test & burn-in customer boosting production of power devices for EVs

Why fabric fraud is so easy to hide

How can we tell if the clothes in our wardrobes really are what they claim to be?

Tackling returns: an online clothing retailer changes the game

Learn how Bastian Solutions helped one retailer turn returns from a struggle to a reverse logistics advantage.

The Economic Secret Hidden in a Tiny, Discontinued Pasta

Ronzini says it didn’t want to halt sales of its star-shaped “pastina.” So why did it?

Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

The answer to a simple question of why do consumer products manufacturers not use retail data in the management of the supply chain?

Trains, Trucks, and Supply Chains - by Gad Allon

A rail strike was averted on the same week Tesla delivered its first semitruck to PepsiCo.

Forecasting: Principles and Practice (3rd ed)

3rd edition

Where Does All the Cardboard Come From? I Had to Know. (Published 2022)

Entire forests and enormous factories running 24/7 can barely keep up with demand. This is how the cardboard economy works.

Last Mile Delivery From Multiple Depots in Python

Mathematical Modeling, Solution, and Visualization Using PuLP and VeRoViz

Optimizing delivery logistics in an economic downturn

Even in a recession, businesses can revolutionize logistics with AI and ML, allowing them to optimize and enhance customer satisfaction.

Can software simplify the supply chain? Ryan Petersen thinks so

The Flexport CEO on why it takes so long for your package to arrive.

How Automation is Changing Freight Bill of Lading Data Entry

Automating a bill of landing is like automating any other process in your system. It will save you money and time.

Cha Bu Duo: The expression that fills western manufacturers in China with dread | Hacker News

“Cha Bu Duo”: The expression that fills western manufacturers in China with dread

“Cha Bu Duo” illustrates the difference in the way Chinese manufacturers and their western clients view product quality, says a China sourcing agent.

Supply Chain Process Optimization using Linear Programming

Understand how linear programming can be the most powerful tool for a supply chain continuous improvement engineer

How to Price Shipping and Handling Fees

Today's consumers expect free shipping for most items. But it's not always obvious for merchants to know when and how to offer it. Here's our all-new update for analyzing shipping costs and free delivery.

Here’s Why Juicero’s Press is So Expensive

Hidden away in Juicero’s bad week of press is one of the most powerful lessons we preach to hardware startups: unconstrained development is…

7 Reasons to Consider USPS Flat Rate Shipping

Merchants in North America have many carrier choices for delivering goods to customers. The U.S. Postal Service's flat-rate shipping boxes can save money in certain instances. We compare prices in this post.

AWS for Industry, But Better: The Railroad Investment Case

Plus! Smart Margin; Peak College?; Two-Sided Markets; Bonds; Diff Jobs

The people who rescue giant ships

Enormous container ships ferry goods all over the world, but when one of them gets into trouble – as happened with the Ever Given and Ever Forward recently – how can they be saved?

Giant container ships are ruining everything - FreightWaves

Megaships are helping cause our current supply chain chaos. Big container boats have hampered competition and clogged up ports.

E-commerce giants didn't deliver. So these islanders built their own online shopping ecosystem

Local couriers are making online delivery possible in French Polynesia's 118 atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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The Secret Behind JD.com’s Super Fast Delivery | by JD Smart Supply Chain |

The Inventory Allocation Perspection

Here’s what actually happens to all your online shopping returns

Ordering clothes from Chinese fast-fashion brands like Shein is easy. Sending them back is a lot more complicated

The history of the metal box that’s wrecking the supply chain

Shipping containers, explained by a historian.

Fixing a Tiny Corner of the Supply Chain « bunnie's blog

The vinyl straw: Why the vinyl industry is at breaking point - Features - M

The industry is at its strongest since the advent of the CD, so why has it become near-impossible to get music pressed onto wax?

One Business That’s Loving the Supply Chain Crisis

Ikea and Crate and Barrel are plagued by shortages. These people are filling the void.

The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants

What happens to the stuff you order online after you send it back?

SAP IBP | Five reasons to consider IBP over APO | Intelligent Planning by M

SAP IBP offers powerful tools for business planning to replace SAP APO. Learn how our company can benefit from SAP Integrated Business Planning.

Food fraud and counterfeit cotton: the detectives untangling the global supply chain

The long read: Amid the complex web of international trade, proving the authenticity of a product can be near-impossible. But one company is taking the search to the atomic level

Why Amazon really built a new warehouse on the U.S.-Mexico border

The fulfillment center in Tijuana is a symbol of how the pandemic has changed the way the world shops.

The history of Amazon’s forecasting algorithm

The story of a decade-plus long journey toward a unified forecasting model.

SKU rationalization helps Bed Bath & Beyond achieve 95% in-stock level

The company expects to improve its inventory management even further as it overhauls its technology stack with a new ERP and forecasting system.

Read Excel files with Python. 1000x Faster.

In this article, I’ll show you five ways to load data in Python. Achieving a speedup of 3 orders of magnitude.

Hacker lexicon: What is a supply chain attack?

From NotPetya to SolarWinds, it’s a problem that’s not going away any time soon.

What is freight forwarding?

This piece dives into freight forwarding and how your business can benefit from it.

Panasonic acquires Blue Yonder in a $7B supply-chain software deal

Panasonic’s acquisition of Blue Yonder is the latest billion-dollar deal marrying a manufacturer with a software firm.