Historically, in its most simple definition, the “supply chain” division of retail was the one in charge of getting stuff in, maybe storing it for a while — maybe not (cross-docking) — and then ...

What are the cost drivers in an organization's value chain? The cost behavior of value activities is determined by ten major cost drivers: economies of scale, learning, capacity utilization patterns, ...

ASCM’s Top 10 Supply Chain Trends reveal a year of intelligent transformation ASCM’s Top 10 Supply Chain Trends in 2026 report offers a detailed look at the technologies, capabilities, and global ...

Recent declines in the price of oil, along with more than a decade of steeply rising costs in upstream oil and gas, have influenced E&Ps toward more focused and cautious capital spend. Some E&Ps have ...

In essence, a TMS is leveraged to move products from point A to point B as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. To succeed in this, an effective transportation management system will provide ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.