Tuesday, May 5, 2020 · Michael Gravier
Everyone's asking what's going to happen next with supply chains. There's a set of writers—mostly non-experts—bemoaning how terrible our supply chains are and how they have let down not just their customers but humanity.
Monday, May 4, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
Evan Armstrong, president of the consultancy, Armstrong & Associates, shares his views on the current state of the Third-Party Logistics (3PL) as part of Logistic Management's (LM) feature in June on “Top 50 Global & Domestics 3PLs.” (LM is a sister…
Monday, May 4, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, recently introduced the COVID-19 Impact Index, a new resource - based on client feedback - that addresses the urgent needs of business leaders to better understand the real-time impacts…
Monday, April 27, 2020 · Yossi Sheffi
Pressure to reopen the world's economies is intensifying. However, hasty reopenings will likely spur waves of resurging infections in location after location, followed by more closures and quarantines.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 · Eamon Francis
Having an efficient supply chain benefits all aspects of your business. It makes life easier for your workers and it increases customer satisfaction. The problem with many supply chains is that they are too complex, which can lead to problems such as slow lead times and…
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 · Alon Ghelber
Even with all the advances in technology and decades of prototypes to analyze, when it comes to successful product development planning – we still need to know the answers to the three basic “what” questions: What is missing in the current market? What are customers…
Monday, April 20, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
A new report from the IBM Institute for Business Value, “COVID-19 and Shattered Supply Chains” highlights that the pandemic has revealed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, causing unanticipated chaos while emphasizing a need for resilience and smarter systems based…
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 · Mark Dohnalek
From adopting new tools and mindsets for analyzing, mapping, managing, and monitoring risk, supply chains will have the chance to continue moving forward while being better prepared for the next major disruption.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020 · Patrick Burnson
The coronavirus pandemic represents a significant challenge to the global economy, and therefore, to the performance of transactions in the infrastructure and project finance space, according to Fitch Ratings.
Friday, April 3, 2020 · Guilherme F. Frederico
It might be strange to discuss this topic in the Era of Industry 4.0, which predicts that the more automated work better is the impact on supply chains' performance. However, the question which raise is, could we extract the maximum benefits from both machines and humans…
Thursday, April 2, 2020 · Gregor Stühler
Supplier Management has never been a more relevant topic for business - while it's impossible to predict the future, we can get better and faster at adapting to it
Friday, March 27, 2020 · Beth Coppinger,
Incomplete information is a common part of running a business. CEOs make decisions with the information available. Planners work with data they receive from their forecast. Customer fulfillment leaders must evaluate how to deliver consistent service excellence as they adapt to…
Friday, March 20, 2020 · Shilpa Shenoy and Ai Zhao
Large multinational CPG companies have thousands of products, each with their own production plan. The demand for these products is highly volatile and subject to unpredictable spikes due to promotions set by the retailers.
Friday, March 20, 2020 · SCMR Staff
With the new coronavirus impacting global supply chains, supply chain leaders should focus on three impact areas for their initial crisis management, according to Gartner, Inc.
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