Management

Coronavirus and Your Global Supply Chain – Part 2 - Rising Panic

Monday, February 10, 2020 · Rosemary Coates Some companies are trying to source parts to stock up on inventory, to try to outlast this critical virus period. This in turn, will eventually cause shortages of all kinds as companies pay premium prices and hoard parts.

Global Lighthouse Network: Insights from the Forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Thursday, February 6, 2020 · Patrick Burnson Newly released findings from McKinsey & Company and the World Economic Forum show that American manufacturing companies are lagging behind Fourth Industrial Revolution innovations and could lose out on up to $3.7 trillion in value by 2025.

Response Tips For Dealing with Coronavirus Supply Chain Disruptions

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 · Patrick Burnson To help ensure organizations maintain continuity and resilience amid the coronavirus tumult, BSI supply chain experts are advising businesses take an immediate response to protect their workers and commercial interests.

Moving From Confusion to Knowledge Management

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 · Mostafa Sayyadi This article actually investigates the crossover potential of scholarly research and how it can be applied in the organizational boardroom

New CFO Outlook Survey Contains Supply Chain Management Implications

Thursday, January 30, 2020 · Patrick Burnson BDO recently released their 2020 Manufacturing CFO Outlook Survey, which includes some supply chain-specific findings that may be of interest to SCMR readers, especially around the impact of trade and tariffs. 21% of middle market manufacturing CFOs report experiencing an…

Guest Outlook From Singapore: 2020 Outlook for Global Supply Chains

Thursday, January 30, 2020 · Goh Puay Guan While the Wuhan virus and US-China trade tensions are the elephant in the room, there are also a number of other global changes such as Brexit and potentially the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which would transform sourcing and trade relations.

Avoid Pitfalls: Three Ways to Map Out Your Product Development Process

Thursday, January 30, 2020 · Mark Dohnalek We know breakdowns and pitfalls are more likely to be caused by inadequate planning, poorly defined goals, and a lack of transparent communication than by functional or mechanical issues.

5G and the Logistics Industry: What the Future Holds

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 · Dheeraj Remella While we are still in the early stages of 5G network rollouts, adoption is increasing every day. In fact, new data forecasts that the number of global 5G subscriptions will hit 1.5 billion in the next five years.

Procurement Must Reduce Costs While Continuing to Become a Better Strategic Advisor

Friday, January 24, 2020 · Patrick Burnson Procurement faces a dual challenge in 2020 – reducing internal and external costs while at the same time adding value and becoming a better strategic advisor to the business, according to new Procurement Key Issues research from The Hackett Group, Inc.

Fortna Announces Acquisition of Pierau Planung

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 · SCMR Staff Fortna®, The Distribution Experts®, a leading global automation, engineering services and software company, today announced that it has acquired Pierau Unternehmensberatung GmbH (“Pierau Planung”), a European-based, market leader in supply chain and logistics design,…

Middle Market Study Reveals Importance of Transition Planning

Thursday, January 16, 2020 · SCMR Staff New research from the National Center for the Middle Market finds that more than three-quarters of middle market businesses have either experienced a major transition in the past five years or expect one in the next five years.

Thriving on the Supply Chain High Wire

Thursday, January 16, 2020 · Stanley E. Fawcett, Amydee M. Fawcett, A. Michael Knemyer and Sebastian Brockhaus The difference between supply chain winners and also rans is choreography, a competence every supply chain manager needs to master

2020: The Year of Supply Chain Labor

Monday, January 13, 2020 · Michael Gravier Management and leadership are the fulcrums for leveraging labor, and they are weak and under-developed in many supply chains. Management is discovering that the genie is out of the bottle when it comes to technology redefining labor. The reasons are simple.

Infrastructure Supply Chain Sales: How The Government Sales Pipeline Got Shorter And Faster

Monday, January 13, 2020 · Jack Siney Only 20% of government buying is conducted through the long and cumbersome bid/RFP process, so companies can move swiftly through the pipeline to try and capture the 80% of government business secured through a variety of other procurement vehicles.

Coping with the convergence of complexity

Monday, January 13, 2020 · Patrick Burnson The final Global Links column of the decade is an opportunity to look at some of the changes that have taken place over the last 10 years.