- 1. Some Basic Questions About Supply Chain Answered
- (Supply)
- ... As a consequence of this predictability, the product could be manufactured and moved up in the supply chain in preparation for the predicted demand. The pull strategy concentrates on keeping stocks low ...
- 2. Supply Chain Requires Attention Now
- (Supply)
- ... support from others is crucial, planning is the most significant part that needs to be done as part of preparations for the worst that is yet to come. Manufacturers and suppliers should have a scenario ...
- 3. Businesses Brace for as Much as Six Months Disruption
- (Supply)
- ... Owing to this challenge, companies expect to spend more on critical areas of technology. In preparation for disruptions, most companies are now expected to invest more in employee communication tools and ...
- 4. Teenage Truckers, Solution to Nation’s Shipping Woes?
- (News)
- ... that can help train new operators—safely—to deal with any on-the-road situations they may encounter. That, coupled with the training and preparation specified in the DRIVE-Safe Act, can turn out a new ...
- 5. Prepare for Global Supply Chain Risks in 2017
- (News)
- Global supply chains are built with a lot of moving parts and risk is always present. According to a recent study, the level of risk is continuing a trend of moving higher by the quarter.Gary Barraco writes ...
- 6. Preparing For the Big Interview
- (News)
- You've finally scored an interview for a supply chain role in a big company. You might want to consider investing some time in preparation to improve your chances.Kaitlyn McAvoy from Spend Matters has discussed ...
- 7. Preparing for a Successful Project
- (News)
- A global implementation project, whether you're doing an ERP or a P2P platform, is a big deal. Preparing for it not only takes a lot of time and effort, but is also the most important step of all.On the ...
- 8. The Dreaded Black Swan
- (News)
- ... the result of good planning and baking resiliency into supply chains. On the Spend Matters site, Wayne Caccamo explains why preparation is so necessary to mitigate the risks of such events. Read his a ...
- 9. 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 ...
- 10. Prepare for the Holidays
- (News)
- It seems like I just finished paying off last year's holiday purchases and it's now starting all over? If you're a retailer, I hope you are well down the path with your preparations.Rudi Lueg, in an article ...
- 11. Will Your Holidays be Happy?
- (News)
- Is it too early to think about the holidays? For most people, yes, but if you work in the retail space, you know it's never too early. On the Apparel site, Doug Pasquale shares a number of insights on ...
- 12. Tighten Up Your Planning
- (News)
- Finding parallels between wedding preparations and supply chain planning are right down my alley, since Buzz's daughter is getting hitched in a few weeks. I would think it'd have something to do with writing ...
- 13. Prepping for an Optimization Project
- (News)
- Optimizing the supply chain network is on a lot of executive to-do lists. To get a project moving, a lot of up front preparation is necessary.In a DC Velocity article, Ian Hobkirk lays out a few steps ...
- 14. Are We There Yet?
- (Blogs)
- ... way! Invoking an EDI environment takes much preparation. Before you get to your destination you need to determine your organization’s roadmap to get there. There will be many drivers in the driver’s ...
- 15. Customers Are Not Always Right - Until They Stop Being Customers
- (Management)
- ... know who they could trust. Should they trust their customer or should they trust the members of their own internal staff? In preparation for important customer management meetings, the senior management ...
- 16. Moving to the Cloud
- (News)
- When you make the decision to move some or all of your computing to the cloud, the actual transition doesn't take place overnight.Lots of design, planning, and preparation are required. Check out Clive ...
- 17. Which of These 5 XML Tactics is Missing From Your E-Commerce?
- (Supply)
- ... so on. A DTD can provide all that structure. As mentioned above, much of the existing literature emphasizes the difficulty and cost of DTD preparation. This is skewed in a couple of ways: it neglects ...
- 18. Which of These 5 XML Tactics is Missing From Your E-Commerce?
- (Retail)
- ... so on. A DTD can provide all that structure. As mentioned above, much of the existing literature emphasizes the difficulty and cost of DTD preparation. This is skewed in a couple of ways: it neglects ...
- 19. Supply Chain Hiring Survey
- (News)
- In a recent article in Supply Chain Management Review, Bridget McCrea talks about what hiring managers are looking for in supply chain applicants. The interesting twist is that she also identifies ...
- 20. Done with 2011 - Ready for 2012
- (Management)
- ... then allowed the retailers to send email alerts to their customers and also provide information on the status of a customer's order to the Retailers' Customer Service Department in preparation of receiving ...
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