Last week President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015. One of the last pieces of legislation passed by the 113th Congress, this 1700 plus page bill allocated $1.1 trillion to keep the federal government open for business until September of 2015. Except for those of us working in, […]

As 2014 draws to a close, supply chain managers still find themselves plagued with some of the obstacles to maintaining a satisfactory level of customer service at a reasonable cost to their firms and their customers. Such things as fewer internal resources, driver shortages, infrastructure issues, and government regulations continue to have a negative impact […]