Wednesday, May 6, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
When the 2020 USC Marshall Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit convenes this October, humanitarian supply chains and the challenges of current epidemics is certain to be addressed.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 · John Schulz
In an odd example of unintended consequences, the U.S. government still is collecting as much as 25% tariffs from Chinese manufacturers on face masks and other protective wear for U.S. health care workers on the front lines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 · Jeff Berman
The report's key indicator, the NMI, fell 10.7% to 41.8 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring), coming off of March's 52.5 reading, which stands as the highest reading in the last year. It is the lowest reading since the 40.1 recorded in March 2009…
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 · Michael Gravier
Everyone's asking what's going to happen next with supply chains. There's a set of writers—mostly non-experts—bemoaning how terrible our supply chains are and how they have let down not just their customers but humanity.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 · Stanley Chao
The push is on to bring supply chains back to the U.S. But, are we ready to contend with the unattended consequences?
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 · John V. Gray and Finn Wynstra
The Coronavirus has upended many aspects of life. Here, we focus on some key lessons for managers in manufacturing firms in charge of strategic sourcing decisions. That is, managers responsible for selecting and managing upstream suppliers.
Monday, May 4, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
At the root of the short supply of PPE for hospitals are several factors. Distributors don't have inventory, and hospitals don't have the relationships in place to buy directly from manufacturers. Making matters more difficult, many vendors are requiring down…
Monday, May 4, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
Evan Armstrong, president of the consultancy, Armstrong & Associates, shares his views on the current state of the Third-Party Logistics (3PL) as part of Logistic Management's (LM) feature in June on “Top 50 Global & Domestics 3PLs.” (LM is a sister…
Monday, May 4, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, recently introduced the COVID-19 Impact Index, a new resource - based on client feedback - that addresses the urgent needs of business leaders to better understand the real-time impacts…
Monday, May 4, 2020 · APQC
APQC and Supply Chain Management Review collected information in April 2020 from 86 supply chain professionals about the use and planned adoption of blockchain in supply chains around the world.
Friday, May 1, 2020 · Jeff Berman
The report's key metric—the PMI—at 41.5 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth)—declined 7.6% from March's 41.5, falling for the second straight month, which was preceded by two months of growth. The April reading was 7.5% below the 12-month average of…
Friday, May 1, 2020 · SCMR Staff
Learn how companies like Vizient, the nation's largest GPO and One Network are helping manufacturers and distributors drive new demand-driven processes to optimize internal supply chains, improve hospital service levels, optimize inbound systems, and lower costs.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 · Edmund L. Andrews
As the coronavirus shutters factories in Asia, companies with pre-existing relationships outside their normal supply chain will be better positioned to weather the impending crisis.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock
COVID-19 has upended supply chains globally. We asked our readers how the virus is impacting their plans for new warehouse and distribution center solutions.
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