For the past 31 years, Shawn Curran has worked in supply chain management at Gap Inc. He sat down with Supply Chain Management Review to discuss his career, the evolution of
Gap Inc.'s supply chain and the future of the profession.
Monday, July 8, 2019 · Jan Stentoft, Per Vagn Freytag and Soren Eckhardt
Sales and operations planning is a powerful tool for delivering improved processes and profits. But, that's only part of what makes S&OP work. People (and how they work together) are the secret to unleashing S&OP excellence.
Monday, July 8, 2019 · Greg Douglass and Vikrant Viniak
Given their strategic role in an organization, supply chain leaders can do more to proactively drive change and growth, in addition to leading cost cutting initiatives.
Sunday, July 7, 2019 · Harry Haney, Shane McCarthy, Vikrant Viniak, Nick Richardson and Dean Myers
New tools—including technology, Lean Six Sigma, continuous improvement, or zero-based principles—require leadership support, rigorous change management, and on-going monitoring to sustain improvements.
As we have seen in over the past two years, negotiations can fail at any point and U.S. penalty tariffs could be extended. The end of the trade war may come before the U.S. general election in 2020, in order for Trump to claim victory. But in the meantime, U.S. consumers are…
A vast majority of U.S. companies (82%) would like to expand into new markets and 36% percent are eyeing expansion opportunities in the BRICS and MINT counties, according to a new survey of U.S. business decision makers recently released by “connected planning” specialist…
Descartes Datamyne, a leading global trade database of up-to-date import-export information, recently unveiled its 2019 U.S. Ports Report, providing supply chain managers with a new reference tool on U.S. import trade for port authorities, carriers, logistics providers,…
The advances of augmented reality must be recognized by manufacturers and supply chain partners. Beyond video games and movie experiences, AR is being used by schools and companies with reports predicting AR sales could exceed $80 billion by 2022.
Rare earth elements are an essential part of most supply chains in the form of raw materials, component parts, or finished goods such as wiring, circuit boards, magnets, electronic consumer goods, clean energy, automotive, and defense equipment.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 · Gary Forger Special Projects Editor SCMR
Returns are on a trajectory to move from being tactical to strategic and from a cost center to profit center. NextGen technologies will make those shifts possible.
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