Tuesday, April 6, 2021 · Lisa Romango
As we move forward to face new challenges and opportunities, procurement organizations, executives, and professionals will be called upon to demonstrate continued resilience and adaptability in meeting evolving demands … “how to take it."
Monday, April 5, 2021 · Patrick Burnson
While the Suez Canal incident demonstrates the interconnectedness that comes with globalization and our reliance of each other as contributors to the global supply chain, it also sheds light on the opportunity to tap into the benefits of a company’s geographically dispersed…
Monday, April 5, 2021 · Patrick Burnson
IHS Markit's initial estimate is that the plan could raise GDP growth by 0.3–0.4 percentage point through 2024 and push the unemployment rate below 3.0%, but lead to somewhat higher inflation and interest rates
Monday, April 5, 2021 · Hannah Kain
As supply chain is surfacing in politics, U.S. exporters could be helped by improved labor relations in the ports and increasing port outbound capacity and loading, preventing vessels from leaving empty while export goods are left behind.
Monday, April 5, 2021 · Jeff Berman
The reading for the report’s key indicator—the Services PMI (formerly the Non-Manufacturing PMI)—came in at 63.7 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring) in March, an 8.4% increase over February’s 55.3. This reading represents the tenth consecutive…
Friday, April 2, 2021 · SCMR Staff
Traditional approaches to change management are ineffective in the digital transformation of supply chains. A better approach may be found in multiplayer online games.
Thursday, April 1, 2021 · SCMR Staff
With more vaccines in arms, federal stimulus putting money into pockets and consumers shopping again, the U.S. economy has made dramatic progress since the coronavirus pandemic brought activity to a near-standstill this time last year, National Retail Federation Chief…
Thursday, April 1, 2021 · Patrick Burnson
Regarding this week’s furor over Xinjiang cotton— announcements from several foreign textile and garment companies, including H&M, that they would stop using Xinjiang cotton and call for a boycott of the product due to the forced labor of Uyghurs, hundreds of thousands…
Thursday, April 1, 2021 · Jeff Berman
In its monthly Manufacturing Report on Business, ISM said that the report’s key metric, the PMI, came in at 64.7 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), which topped February’s 60.8 by 3.9%. This marked the tenth consecutive of PMI growth, coupled with March…
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 · Patrick Burnson
Dun & Bradstreet’s and E2open’s team of data and analytics experts, joined together to provide insights on the impact of this incident on global supply chains, focusing on the global business impact that this blockage will cause industries and countries long-term.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 · SCMR Staff
Mendix, a Siemens business and global player in low-code application development for the enterprise, today announced the findings of a new survey that showed 8 in 10 manufacturing workers (83%) are interested in learning new digital skills, and fewer than 1 in 5 (18%)…
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 · Patrick Burnson
The newly coined acronym, DEI, might still be a mystery to many of today’s supply chain managers, but a new survey conducted by by Gartner, Inc. and the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) indicates that soon may be changing.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 · SCMR Staff
As the world enters the post-COVID era, the pace of digital transformation is accelerating faster than ever. Most companies are searching for a proven and secure B2B integration platform that ensures they can accommodate rapid, multi-channel revenue growth, and stay…
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