Monday, February 3, 2020 · SCMR Staff
The report's key metric, the PMI, headed up 3.1%, in January, to 50.9 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), on the heels of a 47.8 reading in December.
Friday, January 31, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock
The bankruptcy of Payless Shoes demonstrates the role supply chain management can play in a company's success - and failure
Friday, January 31, 2020 · SCMR Staff
This webinar will explore new approaches and models for supply chain design, as well as the tools that enable them.
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…
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 · Miranda Buckheit
Students in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State will learn how wireless sensors and cloud computing can impact the manufacturing field, thanks to a recent gift from KCF Technologies.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
Recent research by Accenture found that Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs) are ahead of their peers in the sales function, surpassing them in scaling digitally enabled solutions.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 · Rosemary Coates
If you haven't already started working on an alternate sourcing and manufacturing strategy that excludes China, you should start immediately.
Monday, January 27, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
In a recent column for Gartner's “Beyond Supply Chain” newsletter, Michael Uskert posits that supply chain's success may be its own undoing due to disruptions in multiple global arenas.
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.
Friday, January 24, 2020 · David Gerrard
Faced with changing customer expectations, retailers must transform the last mile of delivery with better supply chain workstream collaboration.
Thursday, January 23, 2020 · Bob Trebilcock
We may not be able to solve the tariff issue, but one company has an idea on how to make refunds easier and quicker
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 · SCMR Staff
At the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim is calling for renewed cooperation from all stakeholders to tackle the urgent issues of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from shipping.
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