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Can Smaller Grocers Survive the E-Commerce Game?

Attempts in the early dotcom era to sell food and other grocery items over the internet sputtered. But with the coming of COVID-19, everything has changed.

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Five Key Provisions You Should Have in Your Supply-Chain Contracts

Smart partnerships and relationship management are critical to every supply strategy, but the supply-chain contract is what counts when questions arise or things go wrong.

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How the Internet of Things Boosts Supply-Chain Visibility

Access to precise location or status at any given time can prevent theft, excessive delays and other unfavorable conditions or supply-chain disruptions.

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Why So Many Supply Chains Are Stuck in the Past — and a Path Forward

Supply chains have for many years tolerated a lack of accountability at nearly every node — from buyer-supplier relationships to outdated tools and data transparency issues — which has prevented businesses from operating cost- and time-efficiently and delivering on their promises.

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Supply Chain Is Drawing New Talent From More Generations, Industries

Supply-chain management has perhaps never been more relevant as the U.S. works to distribute COVID-19 vaccines — drawing a new batch of talent interested in innovating the industry.

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Building the Food Industry’s Resilience Beyond the Pandemic

While no industry was completely immune, the food industry was hit especially hard by the pandemic, which restricted worker movement, forced production facilities to close and brought food distribution to a halt — all while consumer demand fluctuated with little predictability.

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Twelve Post-Pandemic Supply-Chain Trends for 2021

As vaccines roll out more broadly, and countries begin to get the coronavirus under control, attention will turn to the recovery and a return to normal operations. The supply chain will play an integral role in this effort, and will itself emerge in a different shape, with COVID-19 leaving a lasting legacy on many areas of transportation and warehousing.

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Seven Shifts in Retail Logistics to Expect This Year

It’s time for retailers emerging from a shaky peak season to reflect and plan for what’s ahead.

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Digital Cotton and 3-D Garments: The Trends That Will Reshape Fashion in 2021

Companies both in and out of the fashion industry have been content to keep separate their newer digital and traditional analog processes — but the past year has shown us that strategy may no longer be viable.

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The Great IT Debate: Best-of-Breed or Single Suite?

Should your manufacturing business choose a single enterprise system, or adopt a best-of-breed strategy for enterprise systems selection?

Retailers Can’t Afford to Neglect Software Security

With the spike in online commerce, and corresponding importance placed on these applications to drive revenue this year, retailers can benefit from insight into securing their applications.

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Five Supply-Chain Finance Trends Coming This Year, and How to Prepare

What will the new year bring, and how should we prepare?

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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