- 21. Attracting Millennials to Supply Chain Roles
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- ... 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 ...
- 22. It's All About Cost
- (News)
- ... the Logistics Viewpoints site, Ascena Retail Group, has done a fine job with this. Curt Reiser reviews their operational changes and their impact on metrics in his story and explains how their investments ...
- 23. What's Being Automated in Supply Chain
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- Supply Chains are embracing automation, yet some processes are in focus more than others. Kaitlyn McAvoy reviews the data from a recent study and finds that automation of P2P processes was very popular.SRM ...
- 24. Balancing Costs for Omnichannel Fulfillment
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- We know how critical it is to balance freight spending against inventory and fulfillment costs in an omnichannel world. But knowing what we need to do and knowing how to get there are 2 different things.On ...
- 25. Supply Chain IoT Examples
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- It seems like most articles about the Internet of Things (IoT) focus on consumer-related tools, such as self-regulating thermostats and iphone controlled appliances. What's really exciting to us, though, ...
- 26. Supply Chain Changes Driven by eCommerce
- (News)
- ... how our world has evolved to produce those improvements.In a recent article on the DC Velocity site, Clint Reiser reviews the ecommerce-related effects on supply chains in the DC, logistics, transportation, ...
- 27. Change Management is Crucial
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- If you've ever been involved in a big software implementation project, you know how important the change management process is.When the focus is on people, the 'IT project' becomes a business process enablement ...
- 28. GM Changes Approach to Risk Mitigation
- (News)
- ... caused GM to take a more focused look at their plans and the car-maker found them lacking.On the Logistics Viewpoints site, Steve Banker reviews the changes they've made and how GM is now more strategic ...
- 29. Process, Technology, or Both?
- (News)
- Process and technology are two paths to productivity, but as a supply chain manager you don't have to make an 'either-or' decision. Throughout the supply chain, they interact and are interdependent.Puga ...
- 30. Using the Principle of Aesthetics in Supply Chains
- (News)
- In the 4th article in his series on supply chain design, Jonathan Lofton reviews the principle of aesthetics relative to the design process. In short, he feels this aesthetics='not cutting corners'. This ...
- 31. Using TCO to Evaluate Cloud Options
- (News)
- Cloud technology can probably be considered mainstream at this point, but we need to remind ourselves of how it compares to other alternatives. A good way to do that is with a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) ...
- 32. Global Logistics for Amazon
- (News)
- Amazon is preparing to make another big move? So, what else is new? Their recent activity in support of a logistics network between global suppliers and the US looks like a foray into supply chain services.On ...
- 33. Converged Infrastructure to the Rescue
- (News)
- In the hardware world, it's not business as usual for IT shops when developments like IoT and Big Data are ramping up. An approach known as 'converged infrastructure' is finding traction as a result.On ...
- 34. Apply Design Principles (Pt. 2)
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- In Part 2 of the supply chain design series, Jonathan Lofton reviews how the design principle of innovation applies. He uses KanBan as an example of how an innovative design was applied to an inventory ...
- 35. Key Questions About IoT
- (News)
- There's so much hype and blue-sky thinking surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT) that it's helpful to take a step back to look at the basics. Several performance and management questions are still floating ...
- 36. Supplier Networks in 2016
- (News)
- There's no one around who does a better job analyzing the topic of supplier networks than Jason Busch of Spend Matters. In a recent article on the site, he reviews where he thinks networks are going in ...
- 37. Supply Chain Challenges Requiring Automation
- (News)
- Integration and connectivity are necessary to automate supply chain processes. Sounds obvious, but small companies and businesses in lesser developed countries aren't necessarily there yet.On the Spend ...
- 38. Beware the Shopper
- (Retail)
- ... searches. But smaller brands and products struggle to be represented. That leaves their product information in the hands of their retailers that publish product catalogs and consumers who write reviews ...
- 39. The In-Store Fulfillment Challenge
- (News)
- The omnichannel customer has driven a ton of changes in the supply chain, from network design to inventory strategy. In-store fulillment, one major component of the omnichannel approach, requires some ...
- 40. Driving Efficiency in the Supply Chain
- (News)
- Real-time inventory awareness is the cornerstone for supply chain success in the omnichannel age. Dan Berthiaume, on the Chain Store Age site, reviews three large retailers and discovers how inventory ...
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