Friday, November 1, 2013 · Maha Muzumdar and Anijay Zinzuwadia
To deal with the challenges of today’s global economy, companies need to transform their supply chains into information-driven value chains. Outdated planning processes and disconnected execution systems are too slow to respond to increased demand volatility; they lack…
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 · Sumantra Sengupta
What trends will affect the next generation of supply chains? That’s a question more and more SCM professionals are asking themselves. The 10 trends offered here are validated with executive input from senior executives across different industries. By understanding,…
Monday, July 1, 2013 · By Ram Narasimhan, Tobias Schoenherr, and Joseph Sandor
How do you extend the frontiers of supply management excellence and build a solid competitive advantage? Answers to this pivotal question emerged from an Executive Summit of supply chain leaders convened recently at Michigan State University. The four companies profiled here,…
Monday, July 1, 2013 · Adrian Gonzalez
Social media can—and should—play a central role in supply chain management. After all, social networking is not really about socializing, but about facilitating people-to-people communication and collaboration. And isn’t that at the heart of managing and executing supply…
Monday, July 1, 2013 · Jonathan Hughes, Jessica Wadd, and Jeff Weiss
When negotiating in high-stakes, high-risk (“extreme”) situations with suppliers, the tendency is to act quickly and forcefully. Yet acting in haste to take charge and look in control often leads to disappointing, even dangerous, results. A better approach: slow down the…
Monday, July 1, 2013 · William Atkinson
Experts point to certain key traits of procurement excellence, including an overall strategic orientation, alignment with business objectives, a risk management role, and an ability to collaborate both internally and externally. Here are some insights on developing these…
Thursday, May 2, 2013 · Larry Smith
While supply chain planning based on end-user demand has been applied in the B2B arena for decades, it is only now becoming practical in retail channels. But as distribution resource planning tools and techniques emerge, trading partners can now coordinate their supply chain…
Thursday, May 2, 2013 · By Art van Bodegraven and Kenneth B. Ackerman
The skills needed to do the supply chain job keep evolving. That’s not to say that the fundamentals learned in the classroom or in early job assignments are no longer relevant. Rather, they need to be revisited and reinvigorated within the context of today’s challenges.…
Thursday, May 2, 2013 · By Dale S. Rogers, Ron Lembke, and John Benardino
Companies and their supply chain managers can no longer afford to treat reverse logistics as an afterthought. There is just too much at stake in terms of brand protection, sustainability requirements, and ultimately profitability. In short, reverse logistics needs to become a…
Thursday, May 2, 2013 · By Mark Trowbridge
For many supply chain executives, the temptation is to reach for new tools and technology to deliver the solutions they need. But the real leaders are rediscovering the value of something more elemental: the ability to attract, develop, and retain top-performing professionals…
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 · Herb Schul
A new CPO report from Ardent Partners and Ernst & Young confirms that the procurement function is playing an increasingly important role in business success, particularly in best-in-class organizations. This article tells what the study findings mean for supply management…
Friday, March 1, 2013 · Sean Willems
There is broad agreement that inventory should be optimized to properly match demand. Yet achieving this continues to prove difficult for many companies. The insight and best practices offered here will help you understand the importance of sound inventory practices and put…
Friday, March 1, 2013 · John M. Donnelly
In many organizations, maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) inventory accounts for a significant slice—as much as 40 percent—of the annual procurement budget. Yet it is still not managed with the level of rigor typically applied to production inventory. There are five…
Friday, March 1, 2013 · Jonathan Wright
As supply chains become more global and complex, the impact of any disruption intensifies. What’s needed today is an approach to resilient risk management that incorporates four key components: longer term partnerships; government policy that enables flexibility; an IT…
Friday, March 1, 2013 · By William B. Lee
When supply chain professionals communicate effectively with their board of directors—and when the board understands and appreciates what the supply chain can do—good things happen to the business. The key is to communicate in a language that the board understands. It can…
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