By Sundip Naik and Pravesh Kumar ·
September 17, 2021
More than ever, companies today—especially in the wake of COVID-19—recognize how critical supply chain visibility and resiliency are to managing through disruptions and balancing supply and demand.
By Sundip Naik and Pravesh Kumar ·
September 9, 2021
As companies find themselves increasingly relying on their supply chains to become a more customer-centric growth engine, an Intelligent Execution Control Tower has become a fundamental, “must-have” capability.
By Sundip Naik and Pravesh Kumar ·
September 8, 2021
More than ever, companies today—especially in the wake of COVID-19—recognize how critical supply chain visibility and resiliency are to managing through disruptions and balancing supply and demand.
By Patrick Burnson ·
August 9, 2021
Shippers might as well forget about planning for a peak season, industry analysts contend. Due to ongoing pressures from e-commerce and post-pandemic demand, ocean carriers are operating at crisis-driven velocity for the foreseeable future.
By Manish Sharma, Group Chief Executive, Operations, and Kris Timmermans, Senior Managing Director, Global Lead for Supply Chain & Operations, Accenture ·
August 5, 2021
The pandemic put chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) in the vanguard of change and has empowered them to redefine resiliency and lead transformation in a responsible and sustainable way.
By Patrick Burnson ·
July 19, 2021
Due to ongoing pressures from e-commerce and post-pandemic demand, ocean carriers are operating at crisis-driven velocity for the foreseeable future.
By Karen E. Thuermer ·
July 12, 2021
Challenged and in demand, 3PLs face transformation.
By Scott Fata, Principal Director, Supply Chain and Operations, Accenture ·
July 8, 2021
There’s renewed optimism for global trade with the pandemic waning and borders beginning to open. Because of this upbeat projection, companies are continuing to invest in emerging markets—and those regions are getting ready for increasing volumes.
By Patrick Burnson ·
June 3, 2021
Eager to avoid a repeat of the challenges of 2020, supply chain leaders are looking to technology to build greater relevance to customers, stronger resilience to disruptions, and enhanced responsibility to society and the planet.
By Mike Reiss and Frank Savino are principal directors, Supply Chain & Operations at Accenture ·
June 1, 2021
Today the lifeblood of business is data. How companies leverage data is what separates leaders from laggards.
By Patrick Burnson ·
May 26, 2021
New findings from Accenture’s Technology Vision 2021, based on responses from more than 600 supply chain leaders, demonstrate that 81% of executives said the pandemic has been their organization’s largest stress test.
By Michael Reiss, Bob Pitts, Accenture ·
March 8, 2021
How autonomous vehicles will bring value in a truly intelligent supply chain.
By Sarah Banks and Mohammed Hajibashi, Accenture ·
February 8, 2021
With the meteoric rise of e-commerce around the globe, innovative capabilities for last-mile delivery, reverse logistics and warehousing will be increasingly important. However, investing in new capabilities is daunting and increasingly harder to justify, which makes finding the right third-party logistics providers for your needs more essential than ever—here’s why.
By SCMR Staff ·
October 26, 2020
Accenture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are co-developing a supply chain resilience stress test for assessing operational and financial risks created by major market disruptions, disasters or other catastrophic events.
By MMH Staff ·
October 26, 2020
Codevelopment effort aims at proactively assessing a global supply chain’s ability to mitigate the impact of disruptive events