Monday, August 1, 2016 · Joe Zito
Service levels are low and the sales force “complains” that customers are moving business elsewhere. Pressure is put on the Supply Chain group to provide some relief, so they work with sales to increase forecasts, adjust inventory planning parameters to hold additional…
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The IATA-FIATA Air Cargo Program (IFACP) moves decision-making on the rules governing the airline-forwarder relationship away from an airline-led conference to a governance body jointly managed by forwarders and airlines.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Extreme wet or dry conditions can affect buildings, machinery, data centers, transportation networks, supply chains, people and sales.
Friday, July 22, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
The largest public companies in the U.S. chose to go even further into debt in 2015 instead of driving cash out of their businesses by improving how they collect from customers, pay suppliers, and manage inventory
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 · Peter Bolstorff, Bob Trebilcock and Judd Aschenbrand
As the job changes, we asked senior level supply chain managers to tell us what's on their minds.
Monday, July 11, 2016 · Peter Liston
Brexit took a big bite out of the British economy and roiled financial markets across the globe. Market and regulatory uncertainty dampens the outlook for investment and growth, and unfortunately, we can expect a sustained period of uncertainty once exit negotiations begin.
Monday, June 27, 2016 · Chris Creyts and Nora Weisskopf
In response to the growth of their e-commerce businesses, many retailers are looking for ways to reduce the supply chain costs associated with internet orders
Thursday, June 23, 2016 · SCMR Staff
Dr. Chris Caplice, Executive Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, will receive the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' 2016 Distinguished Service Award.
Monday, June 20, 2016 · Michael Gravier
We are entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution and many wonder what will supply chain management look like in the next era characterized by high technology, a demand economy, and the increasingly blurred lines between reality and cyber-space?
Monday, June 13, 2016 · SCMR Staff
MHI, Messe München and ITE Group announce the collocation of the newly formed Transportation & Logistics Americas (TLA) exhibition with MODEX 2018.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 · Mike Brocks and Renzo Trujillo
The MIT CTL researchers developed and tested a new predictive failure spare parts planning method, and compared it to a traditional time-series forecasting method via an inventory planning simulation model.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 · SCMR Staff
NeoGrid, a global supply chain management technology provider, released of its On-Shelf Availability (OSA) service in North America.
Monday, May 2, 2016 · Michael Gravier
Research from Capgemini shows that in the supply chain sector, technologies such as RFID, GPS, and sensors enable organizations to transform their existing hybrid supply chain structures into more agile and collaborative digital models.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 · Chris Valdivieso
Are your tier 1 and 2 suppliers truly adding value, or it is possible that you have Supply Chain Stockholm Syndrome?
Thursday, April 21, 2016 · Stephanie H. Chen and Eunji Han
For many distribution centers (DCs), order-picking is manual, time consuming and accounts for over 50% of operating expenses.
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