Wednesday, March 4, 2020 · Guilherme Frederico
Maturity management is one of the most important aspects to be considered by supply chain managers. Supply chain management in higher levels of maturity takes supply chains to a better level of performance as well as more resilient against potential disruptions due to risks…
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 · SCMR Staff
The Auburn University RFID Lab, in collaboration with GS1 US, completed a proof-of-concept that demonstrates the effectiveness of blockchain and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies to improve serialized data sharing in the retail industry.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 · Jeff Berman
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 57.3 in February (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring), which topped January's 55.5 by 1.8%. The NMI headed up for the 121st consecutive month, and the February NMI is 4%…
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 · John Schulz
A recovering industrial economy, “improving” inventory levels and higher rate forecasts buoy top LTL carrier optimism for 2020.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 · Alexis Bateman and Ken Cottrill
December 2019, some 40 companies from various industries gathered at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics' (MIT CTL) Towards Circularity in the Supply Chain Roundtable to discuss the innovative approaches companies need to create closed loop supply chains.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 · Marisa Brown, Senior Principal Research Lead, APQC
Managers must take the lead on change, but don't forget that they need motivation, too.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 · Dr. Larry Lapide
Supply chain professionals should be wary of using AI to make System-2 decisions. While fast, real-time planning has appeal, it should largely
be used to automate operational execution rather than planning processes that are more tactical, strategic and impactful.
Monday, March 2, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
When the 2020 USC Marshall Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit convenes this August, humanitarian supply chains and the challenges of current epidemics is certain to be addressed.
Monday, March 2, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
A new live webinar and Q&A is being conducted by Networking and Advanced Research (NEAR) on the supply chain disruptions caused by Coronavirus on Wednesday, March 4th.
Monday, March 2, 2020 · Michael Gravier
A lot has been written about the novel corona-virus impacts on supply chains. Yet of course much of what companies will do will play out over the next decade because supply chains are rooted in physical facilities and capital investments.
Monday, March 2, 2020 · Jeff Berman
The report's key metric—the PMI—checked in at 50.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth) in February, down 0.8% from January's 50.9 reading. January was 3.1% ahead of December, which marked the lowest PMI reading going back to June 2000's 46.3. The…
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