Wednesday, January 1, 2014 · Steven A. Melnyk, David J. Closs, Stanley E. Griffis, Christopher W. Zobel, and John R. Macdonald
Resilience is at the heart of current supply chain management thinking. Understanding the concept, and where to invest in resilience, can lead to supply chains that quickly respond to and recover from costly disruptions.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014 · Kelvin Harris, Geoffroy de Carbonnel, and Kassie Bauman
In less than five months, U.S. companies whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals will have to file their first compliance reports with the SEC saying where the minerals are coming from, and, in some instances, whether the minerals are benefiting armed groups in…
Monday, December 23, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Surplus oil production capacity cushions oil prices from surging demand and unplanned outages or other disruptions in oil production and delivery
Monday, December 23, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Dr. Jarrod Goentzel, Director of the MIT Humanitarian Response Lab, has written a compelling account of the response to Typhoon Haiyan
Monday, December 23, 2013 · SCMR Staff
The acquisition of the Bigfork, Montana-based Upturn enhances Dematic solutions and expands its capability into distribution center workflow, asset and inventory management, and preventative maintenance.
Monday, December 23, 2013 · SCMR Staff
Help is on the way to ease the financial burden of unionized trucking companies that belong to multiemployer pension plans and possibly assist those companies in their attempt to continue to belong to those plans under modernized rules.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 · Doug Macdonald
Like other strategic functions in the enterprise, procurement’s role continues to evolve, and procurement leaders and organizations are now tasked with increasing responsibilities from addressing more complex spend categories to taking a more active role in managing risk and…
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 · Phillip Odette
The average American worker is edging up against a boundary of productivity that places a ceiling on how efficient companies such as manufacturers can be.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 · Stacy Lange
Supply chain managers are missing a huge opportunity by not better leveraging the technology of today’s drayage brokers to further improve efficiency and mitigate risks and liabilities
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 · SCMR Staff
Diesel prices dropped for the second straight week, with the average price per gallon falling 0.8 cents to $3.71, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 · SCMR Staff
Unionized jobs in the trucking industry today are as scarce as four-leaf clovers in the desert, and the growing nonunion trucking sector says that is no accident. They work hard at it every day.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 · SCMR Staff
Fedex reported reports that its fiscal second quarter net income increased 14 percent annually to $500 million.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Industry analysts agree that it’s important to make risk assessment an ongoing process, allowing for frequent plan updates as political conditions, fuel prices, tariffs, currency exchange rates, labor costs, and other supply chain security threats arise.
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