Topic: Business Management


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Softeon names Jim Hoefflin as CEO

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 · SCMR Staff
As a proven technology executive, Hoefflin looks to accelerate company growth.

Three Steps for Keeping Returns from Undermining Peak Season Successes

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 · DHL Supply Chain
With disciplined, scalable and integrated approach to e-commerce order fulfillment and returns management, DHL Supply Chain is well positioned to help retailers efficiently and profitably manage the holiday peak season and the post-holiday returns peak.

Risk Management: Anticipate disruption, design for resilience and embrace agility

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 · SCMR Staff
In this special digital edition of Supply Chain Management Review, we present the best thinking from SCMR authors on risk management, resilience and agility, as well as lessons you can apply to prepare for the future.

The times they are a-changin’ for the 3PL industry

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 · SCMR Staff
With apologies to Bob Dylan, the next two to five years will see a shift to asset-driven companies.
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Are you resilient?

Monday, November 7, 2022 · SCMR Staff
What has become clear as we do our post-pandemic reviews is that the firms that demonstrated the ability to get up off the canvas and keep punching were those that invested in resiliency before the pandemic—even if they didn’t use that term.
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Leadership and planning in an ambiguous world

Monday, November 7, 2022 · Theodore Klein
If the world doesn’t follow a script in a post-COVID world, how can a business? Maybe it’s time for applied improvisation.
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Coming out of the darkness

Monday, November 7, 2022 · Gary A. Smith, CPIM-F, CSCP-F, CLTD-F
How the post-COVID world will affect the four elements of the supply chain.
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Build a playbook to implement supply chain resilience

Monday, November 7, 2022 · Sumantra Sengupta
Supply chain resilience is one of the hottest topics in supply chain management. Practitioners want to know how to implement it into their operations. What follows is a pragmatic framework.
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Realizing the full potential of supply chain resilience surveys

Monday, November 7, 2022 · Morris A. Cohen, Shiliang Cui, Sabastian Doetsch, Ricardo Ernst, Arnd Huchzermeier and Panos Kouvelis
As supply chains become more complex and nuanced, surveys about their performance have to keep up to develop strategies that counter disruptions. Here’s a straightforward, two-step process for turbo-charging survey data and building back resilience.

McKinsey & Company acquires SCM Connections

Friday, November 4, 2022 · SCMR Staff
The acquisition accelerates end-to-end supply chain transformations.

APQC Infographic: Cultural Influencers & Supply Chain Improvement

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 · APQC
The benefits tied to culture go beyond staffing. Culture can aid in improving supply chain processes.
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Enlist cultural influencers to shift supply chain’s culture

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 · Marisa Brown, senior principal research lead, supply chain, APQC
Shifts in organizational culture can support improvements to supply chain processes and outcomes.
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Developing a flight plan for drone-based parcel delivery

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 · Matthias Winkenbach
Although the regulatory framework is central to the industry’s future, it remains unclear. But, where there are problems there are also opportunities, especially in an industry that is developing innovative technologies and new operational and business models.
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Respect “good” inventories

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 · Larry Lapide
Executives should be educated to have a healthy respect for inventory so that managers won’t have to go overboard and throw bad inventory after good.
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Great expectations: Delivering on customer experience and fulfillment profitability

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 · Jeff Sexstone, Ingo Schroeter and Marc Palazzolo
Recalibrating the inherent economics of last mile is achievable. Solutions should reflect evolving customer delivery preferences and also inform true order-specific fulfillment and transportation costing.
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