Management

Supply Chain Coopetition: Improve Your Business Performance by Partnering with Your Competitors

Thursday, October 8, 2020 · Tarso Melo and Henrique Pedreira Supply chains have been facing pressure to continuously increase efficiency and differentiation in operations to support businesses.

Onshoring and Sustainability Will Guide the Future of Supply Chains

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 · Antony Lovell, Onshoring, the practice of bringing offshored operations back home to their original country, could increase in frequency following both the U.S.-China trade war and the ongoing pandemic.

North American Supply Chains Tied Up by Labor Disruptions in Canada

Thursday, September 24, 2020 · Patrick Burnson Following a strike by dockworkers that lasted for one month and paralyzed operations at the Port of Montreal in August and September of this year, Resilience360 research indicates that major ports both on the west and east coast of Canada continue to experience disruption…

Resilient Supply Chains May Well Be Driven by “Minority” Enterprises in the Future

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 · Patrick Burnson In terms of revenue growth, minority suppliers in 10 out of the 12 industries we analyzed outperformed their non-minority privately-held peers, as well as their publicly-traded peers in three sectors - manufacturing, construction, and technology

Questions You Need to Ask to Realize a Resilient Supply Chain

Tuesday, September 8, 2020 · Shanton Wilcox It’s critical to understand how COVID-19 has impacted your client, how rapidly management is responding, and whether they are thinking proactively.

Grants Help More Than Nonprofits: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Companies Can Apply

Thursday, September 3, 2020 · Libby Hikind Just deciding to pursue a grant opportunity doesn’t mean you will be awarded one and that is because grant applications are much different than trying to secure a bank loan or capital from an investor.

NRF Chief Economist Says Coronavirus “Continues as a Shock” for Small Business Supply Chains

Thursday, September 3, 2020 · Patrick Burnson Data indicating that small business owners are increasingly pessimistic about the coronavirus shows the need for continued economic stimulus measures, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz says.

Supplier Ecosystems: Managing complexities in the supplier chain

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 · Frank Wiengarten, Thomas Choi and Di Fan Supplier ecosystems provide an opportunity for supply chain managers to overcome the shortcomings of conventional supply chain approaches when managing complex supply chains.

Research Shows Supply-Chain Transparency Does More than Manage Risk

Tuesday, September 1, 2020 · Basak Kalkanci and Erica Plambeck The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the urgency for supply-chain transparency.

Getting Over the Bar: A training guide for winning customer gold

Tuesday, September 1, 2020 · Stanley E. Fawcett, A. Michael Knemeyer, Amydee M. Fawcett and Sebastian Brockhaus Supply chain managers aiming to deliver unbeatable customer value can learn a lot from winning the decathlon.

Supply Chain Management Alert: The COVID-19 pandemic May Hurt Long-Term Economic Growth

Monday, August 24, 2020 · Patrick Burnson According to the IHS Markit World Flash – August 2020, the current crises not only plunge economies into recession in the near-to-medium term, but they can also inflict long-term damage.

Three Supply Chain Archetypes in Action

Monday, August 24, 2020 · Shanton Wilcox Three organizational archetypes are crucial to redesign of any supply chain: performance-led, connectivity-led, and agility-led. Here are glimpses of what can be achieved by acting on those archetypes.

Identifying a Food Access Model to Source Low-Income Communities with Fresh Produce

Wednesday, August 19, 2020 · Jamal Taylor and Luiz Barreto Malnutrition affects millions of people across the world. When most people think about malnutrition, they think of undernutrition. However, malnutrition also includes the lack of access to healthy food options and overabundance of unhealthy foods.

Three Paths to a Redesigned Supply Chain

Wednesday, August 19, 2020 · Shanton Wilcox Global organizations understand the potential of the truly strategic supply chain and they’re pushing hard to make it real.

How Hackers Leverage COVID-19 to Disrupt Supply Chain Operations

Monday, August 17, 2020 · SCMR Staff The COVID-19 working environment has created new IT vulnerabilities and has accentuated known vulnerabilities for commercial enterprises. .