Whenever I find out that a company - or a person - decided to do something new in 2020 or…
Kelly BarnerOctober 31, 2024
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On New Year’s Eve, weeks of escalating tensions in the Red Sea finally boiled over. One day after hitting the…
Kelly BarnerJanuary 18, 2024
Effective today, Dial P for Procurement is the Art of Supply podcast. Building on the strength of the category-leading Art…
Kelly BarnerJanuary 11, 2024
With all the recent buzz about electric vehicles (EVs), not to mention the push towards sustainability and emissions reduction, it…
Kelly BarnerDecember 21, 2023
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, better known as RICO, is usually associated with organized crime. In 1992, it…
Kelly BarnerDecember 14, 2023
On November 7th, a minimum wage increase was announced for ready-made garment factory workers in Bangladesh. The increase took workers…
Kelly BarnerDecember 7, 2023
“Did you ever think we'd be talking this much about supply chains?” - President Biden On Monday, November 27, 2023,…
Kelly BarnerNovember 30, 2023
News stories come and go but some have more ‘legs’ than others. While wars and politics and the economy can…
Kelly BarnerNovember 23, 2023
Convoy (2015 - 2023) was a freight brokerage that aimed to disrupt a high-volume, low-margin space by applying advanced automation…
Kelly BarnerNovember 16, 2023
According to the National Retail Federation, 43 percent of people started doing their holiday shopping in October, leading the NRF…
Kelly BarnerNovember 9, 2023
“We can’t say we inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow if we’re ruining the planet.” - Tim Guy Brooks, Head…
Kelly BarnerOctober 26, 2023
Why did the Hollywood writers’ strike take so long to resolve and why is the screen actors’ guild still on…
Kelly BarnerOctober 19, 2023
In mergers and acquisitions, synergies are the benefits of combining two organizations that go beyond their new larger size. For…
Kelly BarnerOctober 12, 2023
“If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be…
Kelly BarnerOctober 5, 2023
Google is currently defending themselves in court because the U.S. Department of Justice claims they have violated the Sherman Antitrust…
Kelly BarnerSeptember 28, 2023
Founded in 1894 by Milton Hershey, The Hershey Company has seen their share of ups and downs. Not only have…
Kelly BarnerSeptember 21, 2023
The term “cold chain” was first used in 1908 to describe meat industry storage and transportation in and out of…
Kelly BarnerSeptember 14, 2023
“You can’t unscramble eggs.” – J.P. Morgan U.S. Steel was formed in 1901 when J.P. Morgan financed the merger of…
Kelly BarnerSeptember 7, 2023
In the book “Good to Great,” Jim Collins wrote about the flywheel effect, a prosperous cycle of work and adjustment…
Kelly BarnerAugust 31, 2023
On July 30th, 2023, Yellow announced that they would cease operations after 99 years and declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy just…
Kelly BarnerAugust 24, 2023
“For men like Ford, Firestone, and Edison, whose success in the world had given them access to any thing they…
Kelly BarnerAugust 17, 2023
Although we talk about ESG programs all the time, they actually haven’t been with us for very long. ESG initiatives…
Kelly BarnerAugust 10, 2023
