The New York TimesFrom The New York TimesGlobal Supply Chain ManagementTheir Soybeans Piling Up, Farmers Hope Trade War Ends Before Beans RotNorth Dakota’s soybean crops are flourishing. But China has stopped buying.November 6, 2018Business Strategy AlignmentFor Lean Production Processes to Work, a Company Needs to Be All InFor a company in Chesterfield, Mo., it involved something as seemingly simple as attaching a trash can to an employee’s chair.November 1, 2018All LogisticsA Store Had to Move Thousands of Books. So a Human Chain Was Formed.The bookstore's old-school — yet innovative — transportation solution: “Care to lend a hand?”November 1, 2018All LogisticsGlobal Shipping Freight Rates Slump as Trade SlowsThe cost of hiring container ships has plunged 24 percent from a multi-year peak while raw material vessel rates have slumped 10 percent from a five-year high.October 29, 2018HR & Labor ManagementWhen Sears Flourished, So Did Workers. At Amazon, It’s More Complicated.Half a century ago, a typical Sears salesman could walk out of the store at retirement with a nest egg worth well over a million in today’s dollars, feathered with company stock.October 24, 2018Education & Professional DevelopmentIBM Takes Cybersecurity Training on the RoadIBM is introducing its mobile cybercommand center, tucked into a heavily customized truck.October 16, 2018All LogisticsShipping Industry Stares Down New Fuel RestrictionsTens of thousands of cargo ships, tankers, container ships and cruise liners belch noxious sulfuric gases and fine particles that drift over cities and cover them with smog.October 10, 2018Air CargoAhead of Holidays, FedEx Leans on Bonuses to Keep Pilots From RetiringWith the peak holiday shipping season fast-approaching, global package delivery giant FedEx Corp is paying retirement-age pilots bonuses of up to $110,000 to keep them flying into next year.October 5, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementHere’s What’s in the New NaftaThere’s a lot to digest in the new trade agreement that the United States, Mexico and Canada, starting with a name change.October 2, 2018Global Supply Chain ManagementNafta’s Fate Hinges on a Four-Letter Word: MilkFor the seasonal salad at the popular Oz Kafe in Ottawa, the shavings of Gouda cheese are a salty and delicious culinary accompaniment. To the United States, they are an element of an increasingly bitter trade dispute over dairy products, one that threatens to undermine its decades-long agreement with Canada.September 27, 2018Page 1 of 28Next Page
