Guest Commentaries

Supply Chain Management in the Cloud

Doug Surrett February 13, 2018

Is the cloud in your future? According to this year’s survey by Harvard Business Review Analytics Services, the top business drivers for adopting cloud and

Why Taxing Automation is a Bad Idea

Matt McLelland February 8, 2018

Late last year, a San Francisco politician launched a statewide campaign to raise money for a California ballot that would penalize private enterprise for embracing

How Disruptive is Global E-Commerce? More Than You Think

Chris Jones January 30, 2018

It only takes a simple example to remind you how e-commerce continues to evolve and the potential it has to disrupt traditional markets, supply chains

3 Stats That Prove the Need for a Digital Control Tower

Martin Verwijmeren January 18, 2018

The term “control tower” has been around for a long time in the supply chain and I recently had a great conversation on the common

5 Things to Know About U.S.-Mexico Logistics

Karen Sage January 16, 2018

Trade flowing across the United States-Mexico border has grown exponentially since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was enacted in 1994. It has been

Adopt the “Optimization Lifestyle”: Overcoming Inefficient Decision Making

Dave Donaldson January 9, 2018

One of the biggest decisions a business can make is deciding how it will make its decisions. Best-selling author Michael Lewis made this insightful observation

Future-Proof Parcel Technology

Steve Williamson December 7, 2017

Keeping up with consumer-driven demand can be exhausting. As consumers, we’re accustomed to being able to order almost anything we need or want, get it

Using Managed Analytics to Build a Next-Generation Supply Chain

Dale McClung December 5, 2017

For years, supply chain leaders have struggled to achieve a sophisticated level of supply chain visibility that would drive continuous improvement, optimize spend and reduce