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Electronics Components Distributor Automates Trade Compliance as Global Sales Grow

Challenge: A distributor of industrial automation products, electronic parts and electro-mechanical components had a manual and unreliable export-compliance process that slowed shipments.

Sluggish Car Sales Slow Down Chipmakers as Trade Woes Escalate

Many auto parts suppliers have reported disappointing results and issued weak forecasts for the year, citing the China slowdown. And now the effect is rippling through the rest of the supply chain.

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Tariff Fears Caused a U.S. Import Surge. Now Warehouses Are Full.

Imports have been piling up there over the past year or so — offering a kind of safety valve for the more than 200,000 U.S. businesses, from Home Depot to Walmart, that use California ports.

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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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Q&A | Introducing ERP 4.0 (It's Not What You Think)

Move aside, enterprise resource planning. It's the age of eco-system resource planning (ERP) 4.0. Rich Sherman, senior fellow at the Supply Chain Centre of Excellence with Tata Consultancy Services, explains.

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Pentagon Sees Security Threat in China’s Drug-Supply Dominance

The Trump administration sees the increasing use of Chinese-made active ingredients in drugs taken by U.S. troops and civilians as a national security risk.

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Big Oil’s Big Bet on Natural Gas Has Been a Big Headache

Global LNG supply will exceed demand for the next three years before the market tightens in 2022, according to BloombergNEF.

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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?

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Q&A | Unlocking the Potential of Your ERP

Many companies experienced great pain when implementing their enterprise resource planning systems — but still haven't exploited the full potential of that technology, says Jay Freeman, principal with Reveal.

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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.

China's Trump Trade Retaliation Options Include Soybeans, Boeing

After President Trump blindsided Xi Jinping by raising tariffs just days after the end of trade talks that China had called “constructive,” the next step lies in Beijing’s hands.

Source: Bloomberg

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