By Jeff Berman ·
April 22, 2020
Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management, talks about how nearly all ISM members are dealing with disruptions stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
By Alon Ghelber ·
April 21, 2020
Even with all the advances in technology and decades of prototypes to analyze, when it comes to successful product development planning – we still need to know the answers to the three basic “what” questions:
What is missing in the current market? What are customers looking for? What will sell?
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 20, 2020
A new report from the IBM Institute for Business Value, “COVID-19 and Shattered Supply Chains” highlights that the pandemic has revealed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, causing unanticipated chaos while emphasizing a need for resilience and smarter systems based in AI, automation and blockchain technologies
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 16, 2020
The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has recently launched the ALAN Supply Chain Intelligence Center (http://alanaid.org/map), which provides a cloud-based, real-time view of the latest COVID-19 impacts via an easy-to-use map.
By SCMR Staff ·
April 16, 2020
The food industry is undergoing significant disruption from COVID-19, as U.S. consumers increasingly have groceries delivered directly to their homes (D2C) or are buying online and picking up in store (BOPIS).
By Simon Jacobson ·
April 15, 2020
In the response to the shortages created by the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturers of all sizes and capabilities have announced their intentions to repurpose their capacities.
By Bob Trebilcock ·
April 15, 2020
Geopolitical analyst Jacob Shapiro argues that the over-reliance on China as a primary supplier will drive change across global supply chains
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 14, 2020
Without any coordinated response, carriers will not always get it right when it comes to vessel deployment.
By Mark Dohnalek ·
April 14, 2020
From adopting new tools and mindsets for analyzing, mapping, managing, and monitoring risk, supply chains will have the chance to continue moving forward while being better prepared for the next major disruption.
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 8, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic represents a significant challenge to the global economy, and therefore, to the performance of transactions in the infrastructure and project finance space, according to Fitch Ratings.
By Patrick Burnson ·
April 7, 2020
The USC Marshall Center for Global Supply Chain Management stages “Covid-19: What’s Next?” live webinar on Wednesday, April 8, with the intention of bringing a new perspective to the crisis.
By Guilherme Frederico ·
April 6, 2020
How can Supply chains 4.0 can be more resilient against Coronavirus?
By Yossi Sheffi ·
April 5, 2020
As people hunker down in their homes to isolate themselves from the COVID-19 pandemic, an army of dedicated professionals keeps the country’s food supply chains humming under trying conditions.
By Guilherme F. Frederico ·
April 3, 2020
It might be strange to discuss this topic in the Era of Industry 4.0, which predicts that the more automated work better is the impact on supply chains’ performance. However, the question which raise is, could we extract the maximum benefits from both machines and humans in the supply chain? This is what supply chain 5.0 aims to answer.
By Gregor Stühler ·
April 2, 2020
Supplier Management has never been a more relevant topic for business - while it’s impossible to predict the future, we can get better and faster at adapting to it