2020 Supply Chain Innovator of the Year

More companies are waking up to the need for change, and this year, we honor six that took a truly new approach to the way in which they moved product to market.

Last Mile Delivery

Four Essentials for a Greener Fulfillment Strategy

From smart cartonization to last-mile delivery and beyond, supply chains offer fertile ground for new technologies to improve sustainability by trimming wasted fuel, materials and time.

November 2, 2020

All Logistics

Five Ways Retailers Can Take Charge of Product Returns

Retailers have a growing number of options to make the best of reverse logistics.

November 2, 2020

HR & Labor Management

Five Challenges for Voice Technology in the Warehouse

Voice recognition software can cut costs and save time, but is it worth the investment in licenses and training?

November 2, 2020

All Technology

‘Boxing Clever’: Realizing the Benefits of Intelligent Cartonization

Warehouses are deploying artificial intelligence to optimize their packing operations.

November 2, 2020

SC Security & Risk Mgmt

Five Tips for Preserving Your Supply Chain During and After a Disaster

What’s the best way to cope with a crisis?

November 2, 2020

Global Supply Chain Management

Innovation 2020: Some Bright Ideas in a Difficult Year

More companies are waking up to the need for change, and this year’s crop of candidates was especially strong.

November 1, 2020

Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

Intel Puts Its Indirect-Materials Spend on the Road to Digitization

Tackling the job of assessing all of its contracts for indirect-materials spend, Intel Corp. scraps a laborious and outdated manual process, and puts its entire supply chain on the road to digitization.

November 1, 2020

A technician monitors the manufacture of silicon wafers in Silicon Valley. Photo: Bloomberg.

Logistics Outsourcing

Walmart Uses Blockchain to Fix ‘Broken’ Freight Audit and Payment Process

The giant retailer undertakes an ambitious initiative to make sense of its painfully complex freight payment and reconciliation process, involving its own fleet as well as those of outside carriers, and moving more than half a million shipments a year.

November 1, 2020

Packages move along a conveyor belt inside a Walmart Inc. fulfillment center. Photo: Bloomberg.

LTL/Truckload Services

Land O’Lakes Shrinks Empty Miles Through Industry Collaboration

The big agribusiness and food cooperative sets out to optimize truck capacity and save on transportation costs through use of a software tool that enables the sharing of space on selected routes.

November 1, 2020

Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

Reimagined Communication Boosts Cisco's Product Quality

Digitizing communications used to issue alerts and share data helped Cisco Systems Inc. reduce recall costs by 80%.

November 1, 2020

HR & Labor Management

Virtual Reality Helps Solve Real-World Workforce Challenge

To address this the challenge of finding skilled warehouse workers, The Raymond Corp. worked with Broome-Tioga Workforce New York to develop a virtual educational program — and found that innovative workplace instruction can attract and retain talent.

November 1, 2020

Packaging

A Better Box Is Saving Millions of Dollars at Intel

Intel Corp.'s new shipping solution for 300-millimeter silicon wafers has cut material and freight cost by 70%.

November 1, 2020

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2020 Supply Chain Innovator of the Year

Four Essentials for a Greener Fulfillment Strategy

Five Ways Retailers Can Take Charge of Product Returns

Five Challenges for Voice Technology in the Warehouse

‘Boxing Clever’: Realizing the Benefits of Intelligent Cartonization

Five Tips for Preserving Your Supply Chain During and After a Disaster

Innovation 2020: Some Bright Ideas in a Difficult Year

Intel Puts Its Indirect-Materials Spend on the Road to Digitization

Walmart Uses Blockchain to Fix ‘Broken’ Freight Audit and Payment Process

Land O’Lakes Shrinks Empty Miles Through Industry Collaboration

Reimagined Communication Boosts Cisco's Product Quality

Virtual Reality Helps Solve Real-World Workforce Challenge

A Better Box Is Saving Millions of Dollars at Intel

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