The market performance numbers surrounding the holiday fulfillment period that spanned November and December of 2016 are in and the headline takeaways are twofold. The first is that U.S. retail shoppers were very optimistic in spending and very shrewd in their shopping habits. Second, the tide towards online and Omni-channel customer fulfillment is once again […]

In July 2016, Oracle announced its intent to acquire Cloud based ERP provider NetSuite for an estimated $9.3 billion. One of the more important aspects of NetSuite’s technology was its appeal to mid-market companies that can little afford expensive and elongated ERP implementations and ongoing support. After closing on the NetSuite acquisition in November, Oracle […]

The following is a Supply Chain Matters blog guest commentary contributed by Cory Margand, Co-Founder and CEO of SimpliShip.com, an online marketplace connecting international shippers directly with qualified, dedicated NVOCC’s and freight forwarders. We feature this point-of-view guest commentary as a sidebar to our 2017 Prediction of continued global transportation industry turbulence.   The title […]

Our ongoing Supply Chain Matters commentaries regarding certain product design flaws, quality conformance shortfalls and subsequent efforts at covering-up such flaws have drawn similar takeaways, but it now appears that the stakes are growing far higher. In the case of the diesel engine emissions manipulation scandal involving Volkswagen, the financial, legal and brand impact implications […]