Andrew Stevens, A senior director analyst in the Gartner Supply Chain Technology Group, notes that as vaccine distribution takes center stage, supply chain leaders need streamlined, yet resilient, service centered on patient healthcare.
The 2020 PPP Loan program benefited more than 229,000 companies in the manufacturing sector reaching $54 billion. Securing the loan is one thing – but making sure you are prepared to receive PPP loan forgiveness is another. Here’s what you need to know.
Consolidation in the global container shipping industry in recent years has been the key factor behind improved supply discipline. Ocean cargo carriers’financial performance has been improving as a result.
Hong Kong has witnessed the gradual erosion of its civil liberties and a once-thriving entrepot. At the same time, it has failed to invest in the port technology essential to keeping its world class status.
When the Port of Los Angeles stages its annual “State of the Port” address on January 14, supply chain managers will be given more details on 2020 container throughput at the nation’s largest ocean cargo gateway, as well as what LA has determined as its 2021 priorities.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 · Gary Forger, Special Projects Editor
COVID brought a spike in e-commerce annual growth. The challenge now is to manage that explosion in the near term without over investing before the new normal, because we aren’t going back.
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 · Mike Doherty and Kimberley Kirton
Change is hard for any organization. But Princess Auto, a nearly 90-year-old Canadian hard goods retailer, changed its collective thinking and brought a new level of efficiency to its inventory planning and how product flows to its customers.
Here’s how S&OP became a business star at the Consumer Health division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany by putting people first with an under-the-radar strategy. If that sounds inverted, it is. But it’s not counterintuitive.
The Biden-Harris transition website posts Biden’s policy for U.S. manufacturing and for addressing supply chain shortages due to Covid19. But can we take what is written at face value?
The United Nations designated December 2nd as its International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, a reminder for those responsible for supply chains to take action to ensure freedom from any slavery practices. Eradicating slavery should be done to protect a company's…
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