How Omni-Channel Commerce Is Changing Traditional Supply Chains
Online and mobile commerce has shifted consumer behavior, as well as how products flow through the supply chain to the end user.
Online and mobile commerce has shifted consumer behavior, as well as how products flow through the supply chain to the end user.
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Shifting global dynamics and internal business process changes are compelling manufacturers and retailers to challenge the status quo and reinvent their supply chains.
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Jim Young, senior supply chain manager at Applied Microstructures, Inc., is responsible for everything from sourcing materials and services to shipping finished products
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