Modernizing your supply chain is a worthy goal, and for pharmaceutical and life science companies, a big part of modernization is to outsource manufacturing and other business functions to various trading partners [...]
Hearing the unwelcome words, “You’re going to be audited,” always sends folks into a frenzy and a flurry of activity. Customs organizations all around the globe have become more and more explicit [...]
If your company engages in global trade, you know that you have no choice but to screen every party to an export transaction. Government agencies require you to “know your customer”— as [...]
Change is good but often challenging. This is especially true when massive changes occur to regulatory data that affect international commerce. Yet a mammoth change in regulatory guidance occurs every five years that [...]
Supply chain students worldwide will someday study the “COVID-19 years” with a magnifying glass as intensely as the Industrial Revolution. Yet as a shipper or forwarder living through this, you don’t have [...]
There was a time when artificial intelligence (AI) was the stuff of science fiction writers. Many readers around the world, including me as a young boy, were tantalized by the possibility of [...]
E-commerce sales have escalated over the last few years, and reports are showing progressive growth over time. A 2018 study conducted by UPS indicated that significantly high percentages of online buyers across [...]
Companies that contract some or all of their manufacturing processes often gain financial benefits. However, outsourced manufacturing comes at the cost of reduced supply chain visibility. For instance, when quality issues arise, [...]
Gartner Magic Quadrants have long played a key role in how business decision-makers evaluate software vendors. To be recognized in any Magic Quadrant, we believe you must have a strong product and [...]
The deluge of challenges we faced in 2020 hasn’t really subsided in 2021, although many of us hoped it would. Still at the forefront, disruptions from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continue to [...]
