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Image via Flickr by Alan Cleaver Nov. 29, 2013 was a busy news day. When news analysts weren’t weighing in (and duking it out) over Obamacare, reporters across the nation were running spots on long shopping lines, customers who camped for days in frigid temperatures to get the best deals, and even a few skirmishes…
Image via Flickr by Leonardo Rizzi Cisco has a global supply chain that supports more than 300 product families. The company strives to meet the needs of a wide range of customers, something that’s not easy to do when each customer has unique fulfillment needs. Cisco recently made several changes to improve fulfillment processes and…
Image via Flickr by Gerardo Barbarov Robots have been replacing human workers for decades, but research shows that there’s going to be a revolution in the supply chain industry. That’s because robots are getting smarter and cheaper. They can be programmed to do just about anything a human can do on the assembly line, packaging…
Image via Flickr by daysofthundr46 Supply Chain Digest reporter Derek Ridenoure recently chatted with Wal-Mart supply chain executives Zach Simpson and Darren Robbins about what they see as the biggest challenges in finding vendors to meet their ever-growing needs. According to the duo, vendors are focused on the wrong things when they make product pitches to…
Image via Flickr by RambergMediaImages The Global Marketing Index (GMI) released monthly by Warc shows an upward trend in marketing spending across the world. The GMI stood at 51.7 points in February 2013 and rose to 52.4 points for March 2013. This is the highest GMI reading since April 2012, good news for the worldwide…
Image via Flickr by Victor1558 The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) just released their annual study regarding pay for professionals within the supply chain. Overall, salaries (including regular pay and bonuses, but excluding the value of benefits packages) were up slightly for the year 2012. The average salary for professionals in the supply chain was…