Guest Commentaries

Dig Deep: What to Know About TMS Hosting, Data Models and Integration

JP Wiggins February 20, 2018

If you’ve ever purchased a transportation management system (TMS) for your organization – or any enterprise software – you know that the term “software as

Did You Prepare for Chinese New Year? Some Tips for Next Year

Gary M. Barraco February 15, 2018

In the US, we’ve got Times Square cleaned up, the holiday décor packed away for another year, and the store shelves already stocked with red

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