Supply Chain Management

What do supply chain indexes tell us?

Friday, April 21, 2023 · Ashok Viswanathan and Sudesh Kesarkar Supply chain indexes tell different stories based on the data they collect, but looking at them collectively can provide a more accurate assessment.

Kearney unites research efforts under Supply Chain Institute

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 · Brian Straight Kearney has united its supply chain research under a single umbrella, enabling quicker access to data and new research opportunities.

The importance of supply chain resiliency in a post-pandemic world

Friday, March 24, 2023 · Bob Brennan The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of supply chain resiliency. Businesses that invest in building resilient supply chains can withstand future disruptions and gain a competitive advantage in a post-pandemic world.

Retaining key talent among priorities for supply chain leaders

Monday, March 20, 2023 · Brian Straight While 68% of supply chain leaders are concerned about finding and keeping talent, only 43% feel their organization is prepared to address the challenge.

How to reconfigure the global supply chain

Friday, March 10, 2023 · Jaime Mora A prevailing conclusion from the learnings of the past years is that we should move away from a “manufacturing center of the world” to be better prepared to mitigate the shortages and transport challenges. But it’s not that simple.

Reshoring is on the rise; how smart is your factory?

Monday, February 13, 2023 · Abhinav Agrawal and Rob Sterner Sustained labor cost advantages in Asia complicates the reshoring equation, but a smart factory that offers worker productivity improvements of three-to-five times that of foreign workers makes it financially viable.

Report: It’s time to make supply chain managers a C-suite partner

Friday, February 10, 2023 · Brian Straight SMBs can benefit from elevating the role of supply chain managers to that on par with other top executives finds a new report from Capterra.

Audiobook edition of ‘From Source to Sold’ released

Thursday, February 9, 2023 · Brian Straight "From Source to Sold" offers unique insight into the minds of some of leading global supply chain experts. The book is now available in audiobook version on Audible, Amazon and many more sites.

Supply Chain Resolutions: Can we stick with it this year?

Friday, February 3, 2023 · Rosemary Coates Here are six areas that could use some extra attention.

Unlocking the hidden power of retail media-enhanced supply chains

Tuesday, January 31, 2023 · Dr. Rodney Thomas and Dr. Brent Williams The complexity, cost and unpredictability of retail supply chains can burden retailers with excess inventory and costs. The solution could be the retail media-enhanced supply chain.

Why operational context matters: Realizing the full potential of supply chain resilience surveys

Friday, January 20, 2023 · Morris A. Cohen, Shiliang Cui, Sebastian Doetsch, Ricardo Ernst, Arnd Huchzermeier and Panos Kouvelis As supply chains become more complex and nuanced, surveys about their performance have to keep up to develop strategies that counter disruptions. Here’s a straight-forward, two-step process for turbo-charging survey data and building back resilience.

Out with the old, in with the new

Monday, January 2, 2023 · Bob Trebilcock 2023 will be a year of transitions, and an exciting time to be in supply chain management.

P&G honored at the NextGen Supply Chain Conference

Monday, October 31, 2022 · Bob Trebilcock The leader in the CPG space received this year’s Visionary Award for taking supply chain to the next level

RS Group introduces RS Integrated Supply

Monday, September 12, 2022 · SCMR Staff The move consolidates IESA and Synovos in a single, global MRO supply chain solutions business.

If you’re making changes to your supply chain network…

Monday, June 27, 2022 · Alan O’Keeffe You better not overlook the potential need for organizational changes too.