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Thursday, December 21, 2023 · Jeffrey H. Schutt, PhD, director of ProvisionAI
Volatility is costly and disruptive to operations. Consumer packaged goods supply chains face volatile transportation flows due mostly to variations in consumer behavior, but technology can help smooth those flows.
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 · Heather Wheatley, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner Supply Chain
Risk councils bring together supply chain risk owners and other subject matter experts to analyze current risks, plan for emerging ones and evaluate control effectiveness.
Traditionally, vendors viewed vendor compliance as a burdensome cost. Truthfully, it is to a certain extent. But it also can be an investment that can be turned internally and used to benefit the vendor company widely.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 · Jorge Oliver and Aaron Zheng
By applying a strategic procurement framework that considers both a freight lane's macro-market and micro-shipper characteristics, shippers can leverage a wider portfolio of relationships that improve their overall routing guide performance while reducing the required…
Monday, December 11, 2023 · Joshua Hinkel and Tessa Bysong
Companies at the forefront of the circularity shift have begun identifying and investing in the new structures and processes required to replace linear business models. As these new market dynamics develop, industries will be able to go circular at a faster pace.
Thursday, December 7, 2023 · Brian Legan, EY Americas Industrial Products Leader
Learning these six ingredients for delivering innovation from invention serve as a compass for organizations navigating this dynamic market and striving to maximize return on innovation investment.
More than $160 billion was spent with diverse suppliers in the past year among just 326 companies analyzed by Supplier.io, directly supporting 1.3 million jobs.
The e-commerce boom, persistent labor shortage, emerging geopolitical events and the fact that disruptions are lurking around every corner are placing new demands on the world’s supply chains.
Supply Chain Digitalization Trends for 2024 and Beyond. Looking ahead there are numerous advances that have the potential to drive further improvements in all aspects of supply chain management.
A Canadian supply chain law set to take effect Jan. 1, 2024, will place the responsibility on brands, retailers, and importers to identify and prevent child and forced labor within their supplier networks.
The Biden administration has announced the Council on Supply Chain Resilience, an effort to engage the secure the nation’s most critical supply chains, including the agricultural supply chain.
Companies across sectors are increasingly shifting manufacturing away from China in an effort to reduce vulnerability and exposure to rising labor costs. Research from Moody’s finds that large global apparel companies may fare the best when diversifying.
While toy imports are down 30% year-over-year, they remain at 2019 pre-COVID levels, suggesting this holiday season may not be all doom and gloom for retailers.
Thursday, November 23, 2023 · Dani Etkin-Spigelman, chief revenue officer, TA Services
While most people sit at the Thanksgiving dinner table and enjoy the feast before them, few recognize the role logistics and the broader supply chain play in getting the food to the table.
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