So much of the news over the past year regarding the supply chain and logistics has been negative. Everything from bare supermarket shelves at the...
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How Using Technology To Re-Think The Supply Chain Can Impact Climate Change
Energy, like so many other industries, has experienced a downturn during the pandemic. A report by the International Energy Agency shows energy...
Analytics Provides the Road Map to the Supply Chain’s Uncertain Future
For some companies, 2020 exposed gaps in their supply chain that proved devastating. For others, the events of this year provided them with a chance...
Emerging Technology Guiding the Supply Chain Through the Pandemic
For most of 2020, any news regarding the supply chain has been bad news. Even setting aside the COVID-19 pandemic, other stories that have dominated...
How Analytics Can Help Organizations Prepare for the Supply Chain’s Uncertain Future
About the only thing organizations were certain about when the pandemic hit was that the future of the supply chain was uncertain. Different...
Supply Chain Changes for a Post-Pandemic World
As states and countries re-open in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hope is that everything will get back to normal. There are certainly...
How Supply Chains Are Adjusting in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Whether or not they are in a part of the country that is slowly opening back up and resuming day-to-day activities, everyone is grappling with the...
How the Transportation Industry is Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic
There are certain products that have seen an increase in demand in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Canned goods, for example, have been flying...
How the Meat Processing Industry is Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic
With some states lifting stay-at-home orders and allowing certain businesses to reopen, focus has shifted to the supply chain. What will be...
Customer Spotlight: FREJA Transport and Logistics
FREJA’s story might sound familiar to any number of organizations in any number of industries: for a long time, the company had a business...
How Businesses Can Manage their Supply Chains During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the best of times, a disruption to the supply chain can cost an organization valuable time and money. In the current climate, the repercussions...
How Stamps Can Help You Make More Informed Business Decisions
Everyone has his or her unique way of analyzing data to find the right answers. This is why self-service in a business intelligence tool is so...
3 Critical Metrics for Distributors
There’s no shortage of data and information. It’s everywhere. But how can you make data useful in order to make better decisions? That’s the hard...
How Blockchain Can Benefit B2B Distribution
B2B payment structures have been thrown into flux by recent developments in transaction technology. Most notably, blockchain algorithms offer a safe...
The role of a salesperson is challenging, but whose job isn’t. Right?
The typical salesperson spends 80% of his or her time out of the office. There are trade shows, customer visits, and of course, transit times to...
The Future of AI in B2B Distribution
The B2B distribution industry was not prepared for the entrance of “Amazon Business” in 2015. The industry has been disrupted by Silicon Valley...
Artificial Intelligence and the Race Against Amazon.com
In 2018, Amazon’s dominance in the e-commerce market hit a new milestone. The online retail giant captured 50% of US retail e-commerce with $252...
How to Quickly Profit from a Procurement Collaboration
Procurement collaborations – also known as group purchasing organizations – are the way towards driving profits. By sharing expertise, knowledge,...
Data Analytics: One Solution for Many Markets
We live in a world of data. If you pay close attention, you will see everything around us is composed of numbers. Digits appear in their own...
Inventory Analytics: Four Key Sales-Related Metrics to Watch
The ever-increasing digitization of the distribution business is generating ever-increasing amounts of data – and making it harder to discern which...