- 21. Sustainability Trends
- (News)
- Supply chain sustainability has come a long way, from something almost being 'forced' on businesses to key aspects of their strategies. The consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers has identified 3 key trends ...
- 22. Climate Change-Related Risks
- (News)
- Risk is all around us. In the supply chain, that's a fact of life. One area that US companies seem to be behind their global competitors in is preparation for weather-related disruptions caused by climate ...
- 23. Using Six Sigma
- (News)
- Six Sigma, a counterpart to Lean in the continuous improvement toolkit, is the subject of the latest installment on the Chief Procurement Officer site. It's a methodology based on the use of statistical ...
- 24. Sustainability Trends for 2015
- (News)
- Supply chain sustainability continues to be an important topic in the Corporate Social Responsibility world. Some big things are happening, and Richard Mazzola on the JustMeans blog site takes a few minutes ...
- 25. How IoT Will Affect Supply Chains
- (News)
- In an expert commentary on the Supply Chain Digest site, Prasad Satyavolu paints an exciting picture of what a truly connected supply chain may look like when the Internet of Things (IoT) is built out. ...
- 26. Cisco's Supply Chain Ris
- (News)
- On the Electronics Purchasing Strategies site, John Manners-Bell provides a close-up view on how a huge company, Cisco, manages it's global supply chain risk. Case studies of recent challenges are provided.It's ...
- 27. Is Big Data Too Big?
- (News)
- Big data is a good thing, right? That is to say, unless it raises complexity to an untenable level. However, business strategy that takes into account the reduced cost of data and what it can accomplish ...
- 28. Looking at the Scorecard
- (News)
- If you're part of the supply chain, you are likely to be very familiar with the concept of the scorecard. Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, certainly is.She's looking at how effective they are, their ...
- 29. The Importance of B2B Networks
- (News)
- Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, is passionate about supply chains. Her latest area of interest is in business to business (B2B) networks.In her view, they're critical in building end-to-end value ...
- 30. The 3D Value Chain
- (News)
- The supply chain will be undergoing big changes in the upcoming year. With trends of big data, cloud, mobile, and social networking, that shouldn't be a surprise.Building the 3D value chain will be a big ...
- 31. Lego My Supply Chain Connections!
- (News)
- Everybody, or at least every kid, loves Legos. If only our extended supply chains were that easy to connect. Lora Cecere, in an article on the Forbes site, takes a shot at comparing supply chain linkages ...
- 32. Big Data Procurement Benefits
- (News)
- Lalit Wadhwa, on the EBN site, takes a look at the future uses of 'Big Data' in the procurement arena. The future looks bright, indeed!Although some of the benefits he gets into may seem futuristic, I ...
- 33. 4 Requirements for Trading Partner Cooperation
- (Management)
- ... interests, maintaining a balance that serves both sides can become difficult. As Kim Zablocky, founder of Retail Value Chain Federation (RVCF) explains, "In a nutshell, successful relationships revolve ...
- 34. Supply Chain Innovation Award
- (News)
- When I think of supply chain innovation, I tend to think of technical topics. Supply Chain Brain's annual innovation award for supply chains went in a different direction. It's amazing to me how a different ...
- 35. Supply Chain Planning Challenges
- (News)
- Forecasting and demand planning are essential tasks in the supply chain. For some companies, it's even tougher due to the nature of their product lines and from where they're sourcing. On the Supply ...
- 36. Retail Trends
- (News)
- A couple months ago, the National Retail Federation hosted their annual conference. It's interesting to hear about what's going on, and what will go on with all things retail. Melanie Nuce attended ...
- 37. From the Top - Glenn Grube - ModusLink Global Solutions
- (EDI)
- ... sales and supply value chain. With a comprehensive set of integrated solutions—from e-commerce Web store design and hosting to a full suite of sales, marketing, customer support, financial management, ...
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