On this episode, ALOM CEO Hannah Kain discusses how to make winning inventory bets in the face of global supply chain uncertainty. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.
Joel Prakken, co-head U.S. economics for IHS Markit, says the post-pandemic rebound in prices, exacerbated in sectors where demand is recovering faster than atrophied supply chains can accommodate, has proved stronger than expected.
In its monthly Manufacturing Report on Business, ISM said that the report’s key metric, the PMI, at 60.6 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), slipped 0.6% from May to June. This represents the 13th consecutive month of PMI growth, coupled with June also representing…
Today‘s post-pandemic knowledge-driven economy is placing more pressure on companies to achieve a high level of knowledge-driven performance. In this economy, remote work has risen as the most predominant concern.
The pandemic drove significant changes in working capital performance among the 1000 largest non-financial U.S. companies in 2020, according to new research from The Hackett Group, Inc.
Even though the most-dire days of the COVID-19 pandemic may be in the past, that, by no means, has pumped the brakes on the frenetic pace of e-commerce activity, driven by the steady drum beat of consumer demand. That was evident in the findings of a report recently issued by…
After a year of supply chain disruption, political tension and growing climate worries, resilience has become a prized commodity for global businesses, and it’s more prevalent in some places than in others.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 · Adriana Lembcke and Ornipha Vongasemjit
Nepal’s current average vaccine coverage hovers around 78%, and 59 out of 77 districts have not yet been fully immunized. Finding an efficient way to make vaccines more accessible by reviewing last-mile delivery is key to improving immunization coverage throughout the whole…
Total May U.S.-bound import shipments—at 1,310,710—are up 30.5% annually and are up 27.9%, to 6,137,069, on a year-to-date basis through May. And containerized freight imports—at 3,010,055 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)—saw a 47.1% annual gain and are up 41.2%…
Thomas, a leader in product sourcing, supplier selection, and marketing solutions for industry, today released its 2021 State of North American Manufacturing Annual Report sharing groundbreaking insights from its latest survey canvassing the North American manufacturing and…
IBM has worked with Pandora, a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of hand-finished jewelry to help Pandora transform and scale its global omnichannel eCommerce capabilities with IBM Sterling Order Management.
More than three-quarters (76%) of IT directors in manufacturing across the US, UK, Germany, and France admit that more than 10% of their organization’s goods are labeled incorrectly every year.
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