Supply Chain

Supply Chain’s Top Trends for 2024 Require Talent Investment for Success

Tuesday, December 26, 2023 · Brian Straight
As we head into 2024, top 10 supply chain lists feature the usual suspects: technology, visibility, AI. But a focus on talent is needed to ensure the investments in these more high-profile areas provide value.

Cleveland Clinic Climbs Atop Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25

Friday, December 22, 2023 · Brian Straight
The Cleveland Clinic is the top healthcare supply chain according to Gartner, which also recognized the Mayo Clinic and Intermountain Health as Masters for their continued excellence.

Why CPG Shippers Need to Smooth Flows in Their Supply Chains

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.

Embracing Prosperity in the New Year: The Benefits of Free Trade Zones

Tuesday, December 19, 2023 · Brent Dawkins, Director of Product Marketing, QAD
Free Trade Zones offer opportunities to bring the global market to local markets, creating jobs and innovation around the world.

A Market-Based Routing Guide Strategy for Truckload Transportation

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…

Transformation and resilience at the new J&J

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 · Bob Trebilcock
Following the spinoff of J&J’s consumer brands, Kathy Wengel is strengthening the pharma and med device business’s core technical operations and building a framework for risk management.

Rethinking Strategy for a Circular World

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.

Service Sector PMI Records Highest Reading In 12 Months

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 · Jeff Berman
November services economy activity remained in growth mode, according to the new edition of the ISM Report on Business, which was issued Tuesday by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).

Supplier.io Honors Firms for Diverse Supplier Initiatives

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 · Brian Straight
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.

Exclusive: DispatchTrack Survey Finds Economy, Rising Costs Worry Logistics Pros

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 · Brian Straight
A new DispatchTrack survey finds logistics businesses remain concerned about an uncertain economy and rising operational costs in the last mile.

Five Significant Changes Driving the Healthcare Supply Chain’s Evolution

Monday, December 4, 2023 · Eric O’Daffer, research vice president, Gartner
Healthcare supply chains have undergone rapid change over the past 14 years as seen through Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 rankings.

Can the Council on Supply Chain Resilience Secure the Nation?

Thursday, November 30, 2023 · Jeff Berman
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.

Compliance Risks Favor Large Global Apparel Retailers

Monday, November 27, 2023 · Amy Wunderlin
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.

Using Machine Learning to Smartly Stock Grocery Stores

Wednesday, November 22, 2023 · Duke University
Professor Kevin Shang of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business has developed a machine-learning solution to allow grocers to stock optimal amounts of perishable food in their supply chains.

Using AI to Detect Supply Chain Fraud

Monday, November 20, 2023 · Norman Katz
Detecting and reducing supply chain fraud can be done using artificial intelligence and the existing supply chain systems and the familiar transactions that they produce.
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