Global supply chains are being reshaped by a convergence of forces: geopolitical volatility, tightening regulations, resource ...
We’ve all heard that you can’t improve what you don’t measure. In the supply chain function, negotiation is a critical skill for procurement professionals. Yet, while many companies evaluate ...
Supply chain management (SCM) is a complex field that handles and optimizes the supply chain process of goods and services. Since many elements must work together, it can benefit from technological ...
Since the start of the pandemic, supply chain woes have become an unfortunate part of our reality. We feel its impact in our everyday lives and at every level of our companies’ operations. In many ...
In a 2018 survey of global supply chain executives, 21.8% stated that lack of visibility was the worst challenge they faced. The proportion for data management was the lowest, coming in at 1.3%, while ...
Analyst Insight: After three years of pandemic-driven disruptions, supply chain executives are developing new strategies for contending with high inflation, economic slowdown, talent shortages, excess ...
Companies that adopt verifiable data frameworks will achieve coordination faster, operate with greater resilience, and reduce ...
The most significant risk to today’s supply chain is the supply chain leader’s entrenched beliefs in historical practices. Functional excellence and enterprise transactional efficiency dominate the ...
In 2021, the waves of the pandemic started to quickly unravel supply chains across the world. Manufacturing plants slowed or even closed, ports experienced unprecedented back-ups, and transportation ...