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Top Supply Chain Trends for 2018

On The Job

This focus on making faster deliveries to the customer at no additional charge is changing the way that supply chains operate – and more changes are expected in 2018 as companies ramp up their focus on customers, says Brian Hodgson, executive vice president of business development at MP Objects.

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The Economic Impact of Craft Brewing

Small Business Labs

The Brewers Association recently released their small and craft brewing economic impact report for 2018.  Economy in 2018 and provided directly and indirectly about 550,000 jobs.  These occur in suppliers to the plant as well as places where auto workers spend their money.  Billion to the U.S.

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A Growing Number of Freelancers are Providing Professional Services to Businesses

Small Business Labs

million in 2018.  Key quote from the report: Software supplier SAP Fieldglass and the supply management analyst firm Ardent Partners each found that over 40 percent of the average corporation’s overall workforce is currently comprised of nonemployee labor. And the number of independent professionals has grown quite rapidly.

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In the Spirit of Giving Back: Socorro Tequila’s Philanthropic Efforts in Jalisco

Success

Papa, let’s quit selling other people’s tequila and let’s go make our own,” Antinori said to Irving one boozy night in 2018. Socorro tequila is growing rápido Socorro tequila has grown nearly 50% since 2022, and is one of the top 10 tequila suppliers within Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits. “We

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Coworking In A War Zone: Four Ukrainian Workspace Operators Reveal Their Experiences, And How You Can Help

Allwork

Ilya Bezruchko is the CEO of BeeWorking , a Kyiv-based coworking network started in 2018. . These four different workspaces from around Ukraine give insights into what their day-to-day looks like, and what additional support is needed by their communities. . BeeWorking in Kyiv, Ukraine .

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Online Platforms Enabling the Rise of Global Micro Outsourcing Firms

Small Business Labs

Individualization , which the paper describes as "the puzzling elimination of returns to scale, resulting in a supplier base that consists of one-person micro-providers." As the chart below from the 2018 MBO Partners State of Independence study shows, about 1 in 5 U.S.   But U.S. in greater numbers.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

Here’s an example: Over the years, my company has probably purchased steaks as gifts for key clients from 10 suppliers that never did anything to land a second sale. This article was published in April 2018 and has been updated. But two years ago, my company sent each of 50 clients a Christmas gift from Chicago Steaks.

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