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Opinion: Why You Should Build Your Supply Chain From the Customer Up

Supply chain orchestration has many benefits for customers and businesses.

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U.S. Ports Upbeat on Container Volumes

Import volumes at major container ports in the U.S. are projected to rise 4.7 percent in the first half of 2017 compared with the same period a year ago, and many ports are reporting growth.

Opinion: Why You Need to Embrace Autonomous Supply Chain Planning

We are living in a new wave of automation. Machines are already performing many tasks previously done by humans, and the increased use of various smart technologies such as machine learning means the changes have only begun.

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UPS Adds Beacons to Handle Package Misloads

UPS is installing electronic beacons in its package cars to notify workers if they have placed an item in the wrong delivery vehicle. The initiative, known as Preload Smart Scan, is part of a suite of UPS projects that will use technology to error-proof package processing operations to ensure timely delivery and customer satisfaction.

Amazon Rival Boxed Sees Narrow Inventory as an Edge

Chieh Huang has borrowed a lot from Amazon.com Inc. to expand his e-commerce startup Boxed Wholesale, which sells bulk packages of paper towels, granola bars and maxi pads, including free delivery within two days on most orders and an inexpensive house brand of products. And, like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Huang started the company in his garage in 2013.

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Rising Airfreight Rates Could Be Sign of Resurgent Global Trade

Airfreight rates ticked back up again in March, up $0.21 per kilogram, or 6.7 percent over March 2016, as the industry moved out of a seasonal decline in rates that generally follows the holiday surge.

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FourKites Links Up With SMC3 for Transportation Visibility Software

FourKites, a provider of real-time supply chain visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, has announced several new integrated enhancements for visibility and orchestration within JDA Transportation Management from JDA Software Group Inc.

Traffic Jam at the Nation's Crossroads

The city's most famous poet, Carl Sandburg, called Chicago the "nation's freight handler." That title stands true today.

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Facing the Task of Facilitating WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement

Free trade seems to have few friends in positions of power these days. But advocates of removing obstacles to the flow of international trade got at least one piece of good news earlier this year.

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IoT Tech Is Gaining Ground in Retail Worldwide, Study Shows

A study conducted worldwide by Zebra Technologies Brazil and released in São Paulo indicates that 70 percent of retailers plan to invest in Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to improve the customer experience. By 2021, the study indicates, smart technologies will provide consumers with new levels of customization, speed and convenience.

More Manufacturers Are Turning to Supply Chain Finance to Prep for Growth

Manufacturing is having a moment. Optimism on Wall Street and rising levels of consumer and business confidence have put manufacturing squarely back into growth territory. One index that tracks global manufacturing performance, the JPMorgan Global Manufacturing PMI, is the highest it's been since 2011. Production growth rates are at a three-year high. So is the rate of expansion in new orders. And factory payrolls are growing faster than they have in over five years.

Better Government Procurement Could Save $1Tr Globally, Report Says

Smarter procurement could save around 15 percent of government spending globally and improve outcomes, a report has said.

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