Companies rethinking the supply chain

Courtesy Marketplace  Mon, 08/10/2009 - 15:32

As shipping costs and pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rise, companies are looking for ways to make their supply chains shorter and save money.

Kai Ryssdal talks to Craig Carter of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.


 

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