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Supply Chain Heroes: How CFOs Can Help Save the World
As Published in: Oracle/Modern Finance Early this year, the largest asset-management company in the world made a bold announcement: It would start redirecting investments away from fossil fuels because of climate change. In his annual letter to CEOs, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated that “climate risk is investment risk,” and that risk [...]
When Is It Time to Upgrade?
A Client Question A client didn't feel prepared to launch into an ERP system upgrade as they had just bought the business and had invested significant funds into the transition; however, this client was also starting to worry about scalability and the risk associated with old technology. After all, [...]
Are Robots Good or Bad?
April 19, 2017 According to the Material Handling & Logistics, robots are slashing U.S. wages and worsening pay inequality. That is certainly a provocative statement! According to new research by MIT's Daron Acemoglu and Boston University's Pascual Restrepo, one additional robot per thousand workers reduces the employment to population ratio [...]
US Roadmap 2025
It is critical for manufacturers and distributors to keep track of the rapidly changing factors that impact the supply chain including technological and workforce issues. The US Roadmap 2025 is a strategic study to weather and thrive amid current and future global disruptors.The Material Handling and Logistics Association has [...]