Trending: Effects of West Coast Ports Labor Dispute
By Chris FerrellDirector, Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium Retailers are paying close attention to labor disputes threatening to bring a stop to imports coming in to West Coast ports. They are […]
Thoughts on Upcoming Alibaba IPO: What’s in a Name or Number?
By Jim Tompkins Since 1999, when Alibaba first started their marketplace of Alibaba.com, it has been clear that the Chinese company has a strong passion for the U.S. With the […]
Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Watch The Alibaba Effect
By Tompkins International Staff How many of you have heard of Alibaba, the Chinese e-marketplace? Alibaba is the fastest growing e-commerce company in the quickest growing market in the world. […]
China on Track to Surpass U.S. as the World’s Largest Economy – What Does This Mean for Logistics?
By Jim Serstad Managing Director, Tompkins Asia By one measure, China will soon take the United States’ spot as the world’s largest economy. China’s GDP is fast approaching that of […]
Good and Bad News for Luxury Market in China
The luxury market is on a downturn in China – down to only about 2 percent growth -but that doesn’t mean brands and retailers should forget about doing business in […]
Evolution to World-Class Inventory Management
Advancing from Inventory Optimization to Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning and Beyond to Supply Chain-Oriented Product Development, and SKU and Supplier Rationalization Dr. James A. Tompkins and Ralph M. Cox […]
Leading Your Business through Challenging Times: Applying Smart Actions to Reduce Operations Costs
Applying Smart Actions to Reduce Operations Costs Gene Tyndall, Tompkins AssociatesMarch 2009www.tompkinsinc.com Introduction The severity of the global recession is creating extraordinary uncertainty among business executives across all industries and […]
