The Fletcher School at Tufts University, in partnership with Mastercard, have published the 2017 Digital Evolution Index (DEI 17). According to the Executive Summary in the findings report: The DEI…
A Country Comparison of Supply Chain Sustainability
CDP and Accenture have produced a study entitled, Supply Chain Sustainability Revealed: A Country Comparison, that assesses the “relative climate risk faced by supply chains in 11 key markets, the…
JOC.com’s Market Data Hub
The JOC.com Market Data Hub provides various data sets on pricing, freight volume, and service reliability for categories including Trans Pacific market data, Trans Atlantic, Asia/Europe, Container Pricing, Port Volumes,…
Nine Tech Trends That Will Generate Billions of Dollars
Business Insider’s Julie Bort writes about nine trends that market research firm IDC predicts “will unfold next year – and generate billions of dollars.” Here they are: People and companies…
Forced Labor and the First Edition of Global Slavery Index
Tim Fernholz (Quartz) has written an interesting post entitled, There Could Be Slaves in the Supply Chain of Your Chocolate, Smartphone and Sushi. According to the first edition of Global Slavery Index, it…
The Importance of Supplier Ethics Management
This morning I attended the ISM-Nevada Breakfast Meeting in Las Vegas and had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Keong Leong speak about Supplier Ethics Management. Dr. Leong is Professor…
Alibaba's Internet Trifecta
Quartz’s Leo Mirani reports on recent deals made by China’s biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba. Deals with maps/locations firm AutoNavi and microblogging service provider Sina Weibo have created a potent combination. “Imagine…
Alibaba: An E-Commerce Giant
The Economist has written an interesting article about Alibaba, a “behemoth” e-commerce company in China. To illustrate its importance, “last year two of Alibaba’s portals together handled 1.1 trillion yuan…