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Uncertainty Looms Over Transpacific Shipping This Peak Season

Here are five strategies that transpacific ocean shippers can use to prepare for the uncertainties of this year’s peak shipping season.

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Force Majeure Isn’t Always the Excuse That Suppliers Think It Is

Force majeure clauses are intended to protect parties to a legal contract from losses caused by disruptive events beyond their control. But supply-chain partners might be surprised to learn what such language doesn’t cover.

0819 Force Majeure Isnt Always

You Don’t Have Time to Neglect Worker Safety

Companies can’t afford not to put a premium on the safety of their workers in global supply chains.

0819 You Dont Have Time

Enterprise AI Offers Solutions to Steel Industry Disruption

With advances in technology driven by artificial intelligence and the creation of data lakes, organizations are coming to recognize their value to industrial production.

0816 Enterprise Ai Offers Solutions

Import Compliance 101: Following Four Basic Principles

Importers bear the burden of complying with all U.S. laws and regulations when their goods enter the country. Failure to exercise reasonable care in this effort can result in long delays in the release of merchandise, and the imposition of stiff penalties.

0815 Import Compliance101

How Spend-Management Solutions Can Help Private Universities

For private colleges and universities, spend-management offerings can prove to be a valuable asset in the struggle to manage tight budgets.

0814 How Spend Management Solutions

AI in Supply Chain: Six Barriers to Seeing Results

Artificial intelligence has the potential to radically change just about everything for the better. But there are a number of obstacles to its successful adoption in the supply chain.

0813 A Iin Supply Chain

From Iceland to America: Drone Delivery Inches Closer to Reality

Iceland continues to act as a proving ground for the use of drones in package-delivery services.

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Four Ways AI Is Impacting Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Global logistics companies are creating a new normal in how they manage data, run operations and serve customers.

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Companies Are Turning to External Workers in the Digital Economy

Does the term “external workforce” describe an essential element of the way businesses must operate today? Or is an just an excuse to avoid paying workers full-time salaries and benefits?

0805 Companies Are Turningto

Improving Vendor Management by Streamlining Approvals

Businesses must figure out how to streamline the approvals process in order to ensure effective vendor management.

Solving Pricing Challenges in Healthcare

Contract price misalignment is among the leading causes of pricing issues in the healthcare supply chain. Price discrepancies are costing healthcare providers more than $92m annually.

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