- 1. The Complexity of the Supply Chain
- (Logistics)
- ... occur by design because demand varies from week-to-week or month-to-month; you know that your customer will need more product than usual during peak demand periods, but you don’t know what those peak periods ...
- 2. How Are You Dealing With These Supply Chain Trends?
- (Supply)
- ... Furthermore, the way they know what to expect regarding order demand, delivery, processing and dealing with inventory also matter. With many technologies available today, there is no need to run supply ...
- 3. These 6 Tips Can Help Entrepreneurs to a Better Supply Chain
- (Supply)
- ... you do not want to get your suppliers off-guard in different areas. The only way you can ensure all your suppliers and customers are with you is through constant communication. Let them know what is coming ...
- 4. Supply Chain Delays are Inevitable
- (Supply)
- ... occur by design because demand varies from week-to-week or month-to-month; you know that your customer will need more product than usual during peak demand periods, but you don’t know what those peak periods ...
- 5. Consumers Starting Holiday Shopping Early Amid Supply Chain Disruption
- (Logistics)
- ... season,” Seckin Ozkul, from the University of South Florida’s Supply Chain Innovation Lab told Vox. “So, if consumers know what they want to buy for their loved ones for the holiday season, now is a good ...
- 6. Optimizing Multiple Sites To Maximize Capacity Using AI
- (Technology)
- ... A. A program monitoring the down line at Site A lets Maintenance know what part failed and orders a replacement automatically, pushed by the same system that recognized the downtime. Order of production ...
- 7. We were the machines
- (Integration)
- ... Demand forecasts Humans are great at looking at last year’s sales and predicting volumes for coming seasons. But our ability to monitor, or even to know what factors to evaluate is limited. As humans ...
- 8. Amazon & WalMart By The Numbers
- (News)
- If you want to know what's going on with supply chains you could do worse than to take a look at 2 of the heavyweights with whom we're all familiar: Amazon and WalMart.Dan Gilmore from Supply Chain Digest ...
- 9. How Legos Meets Holiday Demand
- (News)
- I don't know about you, but after buying, gifting, and assembling Legos over the holidays (as well as picking them out of my bare feet after stepping on various pieces) I'd find it interesting to know what' ...
- 10. The Jetson's Visit the Supply Chai
- (News)
- The future looks pretty interesting in the procurement arena, according to Chris Haydon from SAP Ariba in an article on the Spend Matters site.What used to sound far-out is now achievable, with processes ...
- 11. Surviving a Natural Disaster
- (News)
- How can you best plan for a natural disaster if you don't know what it is or when it'll hit? Supply chains are always at risk, but preparedness is a key to making it through catastrophes.In an article on ...
- 12. It's Integration Time
- (Integration)
- ... systems, ERP, WMS, CRM, and so on, was something with which the IT staff had to be involved. Then, once up and running, somebody had to monitor the operation and handle exceptions. You know what? Those ...
- 13. The Importance of MDM
- (News)
- We're swimming in data, but many business leaders don't know what's being collected and how it's managed. Elizabeth Skipor, writing on the My Purchasing Center site, tries to resolve that by explaining the ...
- 14. Is AI the Future of Forecasting?
- (News)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a breakout technology and some predict it'll eliminate a lot of supply chain jobs. But, you know what? Steve Banker of Logistics Viewpoints ain't buyin' it.Forecasting is ...
- 15. Attacking the PO Visibility Challenge
- (News)
- The code has yet to be cracked for the supply chain visibility challenge. It's not that folks don't know what they want (they do), it's that the information exists in multiple systems and aggregating it is ...
- 16. Where is RFID Going?
- (News)
- About 10 years ago, the future of RFID was up in the air. You know what? It still is..... In a recent article on the Supply Chain Digest site, the editors take a look at predictions made in the past and ...
- 17. eCommerce is Driving the Bus
- (News)
- We've read about the shortage of supply chain talent, but do we know what's driving the demand side of the equation?Bob Ferrarri does, and it should come as no surprise that he's identified ecommerce as the ...
- 18. Attracting Millennials to Supply Chain Roles
- (News)
- ... to know what they value in employers.On the Spend Matters site, Kaitlyn McAvoy reviews a recent study and points out some interesting findings. Salary isn't everything, you know! Check out her story HE ...
- 19. Purchasing Platforms are the Future
- (News)
- When an article claims to know what the future holds, for almost any topic, it's usually a lot of hyperbole. However, when the topic is procurement and the Spend Matters analysts are doing the talking, ...
- 20. Visibility is Key to Sustainability
- (News)
- Supply chain visibility is important for a number of reasons to which you've probably been exposed. One that's a little under the radar is sustainability.You have to know what's out there in order to measure ...
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