Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) and Auburn University’s annual study on the State of the Retail Supply Chain brings together the industry’s leading retailers from North America to examine the year’s current trends, best practices and the foremost issues impacting the strategy and planning of retail supply chains now and in the near future.

So, what do retail supply chain execs worry about most? Topping the list for 2012 were the new U.S. federal motor carrier safety regulations. 

PINC Solutions has been helping leading retailers to reduce costs and increase efficiencies across their supply chain network. By sharing real-time, accurate, and actionable shipment and trailer status information, PINC’s customers reduce the idle time that trailers (loaded or empty) and drivers spend inside their facilities. As a result, they significantly reduce their transportation, operations, and inventory carrying costs.

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