Monday, December 2, 2024 · Jeff Berman
The report’s benchmark reading, the PMI, at 48.4 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), increased 1.9% over November’s 46.5, its lowest number in 2024, with the PMI contracting for the eighth consecutive month and the 24th time in the last 25 months, since…
Monday, December 2, 2024 · Bridget McCrea
A deep dive into the 2024 NextGen Supply Chain Conference, which took place in Chicago in October and attracted more than 175 attendees, exhibitors, and speakers from the dynamic, ever-evolving supply chain sector.
Monday, December 2, 2024 · Brian Straight
As I looked back at all the articles that we’ve published on the pages of Supply Chain Management Review this year, I came to a realization that had not hit me month-to-month, issue-by-issue. The articles and regular columns provide useful information and insights when I…
Monday, December 2, 2024 · Marianna Vydrevich and Nari Viswanathan
Accurate modeling of a company’s supply chain network provides insights into optimal production, storage locations, and raw materials supply network strategy. The modeling process can last from one day to several months, and the supply network design team might run hundreds…
Monday, December 2, 2024 · Elenna Dugundji, Andres Ayala, Ria Verma, and Thomas Koch
Project seeks to “place a data scientist in the pockets” of procurement professionals.
Monday, December 2, 2024 · Larry Lapide
Supply chain managers working with sales and marketing can ensure products in demand match with available supply to maximize profits.
Monday, December 2, 2024 · Shardul S. Phadnis and Paul J.H. Schoemaker
Add vigilance to supply chain management with visibility. Real-time visibility of inventory, capacity, supply, and demand conditions is central to agile supply chain operations in dynamic environments.
Monday, December 2, 2024 · Steven A. Melnyk, Michigan State University; Alan Amling, University of Tennessee; Nick Little, Michigan State University; and Lee Levy II, The Levy Group
Previous articles have discussed the characteristics of balanced supply chain management. But how do you implement it in practice? You have to move beyond the silo.
Monday, December 2, 2024 · Ricardo Ernst, Michael Brown, and Mayank Sharma
Traditional supply chain engineering is no longer effective. But no single transformation model is universally useful. Instead, there are three pillars that should guide supply chain digitization.
Monday, December 2, 2024 · Peter Shi, Hedy Dou and Miles Yang
Managing costs, quality, and security across complex, multinational supply chains is daunting, but the failure to control the entirety of the supply chain across multiple borders increases the risk of supply chain penetration-based attacks—so-called “supply chain warfare.”
Friday, November 29, 2024 · SCMR Staff
As President-elect Donald Trump threatens tariffs on Canadian, Mexican imports with no exceptions for crude imports, the specter of retaliatory tariffs increases.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 · Rosemary Coates
Often overlooked, the Export-Import Bank of the United States plays a key role in financing U.S. exports by securing business loans, facilitating more than $10 billion in U.S. export sales a year.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 · Brian Straight
Körber Supply Chain Software’s Joe McManus talks about the role gamification can play in improving warehouse operations and employee productivity in this SCMR 6 Questions With … conversation.
Monday, November 25, 2024 · Brian Straight
As much discussion and deployment of artificial intelligence took place in 2024, 2025 is shaping up to be an even bigger year. This year will likely see the acceleration of AI, and specifically Generative AI, into everyday business functions.
Friday, November 22, 2024 · Brian Straight
Beef importer Wild Bull Services contracted with AI provider Stampli to automate its payables, but it now sees a bigger opportunity for AI-powered import documentation management.
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