Perfecting the customer’s last mile delivery experience can be achieved by reducing logistics complexity and increasing efficiency, while controlling costs.
ChainLink World View
Frameworks, approaches and perspectives by which ChainLink views and makes sense of the world, in particular supply chains
The Ethical Supply Chain Practitioner – Part Two: Labor and Ethical Business Practices
A look at how to ensure that suppliers are treating their workers fairly, paying living wages, not using forced labor, providing a safe working environment, allowing collective bargaining, have non-discriminatory hiring practices, and ethical business practices. These are required not only to minimize reputational risk, but to underpin a company’s purpose and identity as a force for good in the world.
The Ethical Supply Chain Practitioner – Part One: The Social Responsibility Imperative
Supply chain practitioners and executives are in a unique position to help change the world for the better by their influence over global supply chains’ labor conditions, environmental footprint, and ethical practices. In this first in a series, we examine what is driving increasing corporate social responsibility and the desire by employees to do meaningful work and make a difference in the world.
Supply Chain Networks – a Shift in Power in the Relationships
Supply Chain Network: technology provider or business partner?
Will International Trade Increase or Will We Reshore and Insource?
Release of final 2014 numbers and 2015 forecasts of world economic numbers shows a changing picture of national economies. What will the impact be on supply chain strategy?
The Year of the Last Mile
Demand-driven supply chains, new customer service models, and Omni-channel/free delivery are all driving up the cost of transportation. So what does last mile really cost?
Cold Chain: A Story of Integration
Solution Providers discuss integration to provide end-to-end Cold Chain Management and traceability – from seed to consumer.
2011 Supply Chain Risk Survey Results: Part Two
Findings from our research on Supply Chain Risk
2011 Supply Chain Risk Survey Results: Part One
We report the findings of our survey, answering questions such as the level of investments being made in resilience, the scope of responsibility for supply chain organizations, and assessment of how well we are doing at actually managing risk.
Collaboration vs. Transactions
Lessons from eBay, Facebook, LinkedIn and other Social Networks – What traditional business management can learn from Social Networks.
Collaboration Frameworks 2011 – On Creating a Global Workspace: Part Two
Introduction to Ideas in a Global Work Space.