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A survey from the global technology market-intelligence and advisory firm IDC has found that many supply chain companies lack a disciplined approach to investment in and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), leaving them vulnerable to costly failures.

That “accountability gap” comes as expectations for adoption of AI are rising rapidly. Just 6% of resp...


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​Key Takeaways:
There is widespread adoption of and support for supplier codes of conduct. But in reality, most of these documents have limited impact.The problem lies in how supplier codes of conduct are designed and used. Zero-tolerance policies result in issues being covered up instead of acknowledged and addressed. Mandating compliance for tier 1 suppliers d...

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​Key takeaways:
A small set of simple, memorable principles (or microfoundations) can help your colleagues outside of the function better understand how their decisions affect supply chain operations.Non-supply chain colleagues need to understand that supply chains are linked, uncertain, nonlinear, and ambiguous. Local decisions will have an impact up and down t...

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New rules took effect in the European Union (EU) today requiring retail businesses to use sustainable packaging, with regulators saying that unnecessary packaging waste is difficult to recycle and is expensive for both businesses and consumers.


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Truckers and fleets continued to get good news this week about the sector’s recovery from a nearly three-year long freight recession, as the load board and freight analytics provider DAT Freight & Analytics reported that


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