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What’s Your Tariff Strategy?

Supply Chain Brain

In its newest white paper, value chain optimization firm River Rock Advisors details several steps companies can take to navigate this ongoing uncertainty. These steps aren’t one-time actionable steps but rather long-term focuses that should be implemented alongside other operational and business strategies.

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Are these the Top 10 Trends affecting Pharmaceutical Supply Chains?

The Network Effect

Note: this is the final is series of posts that explored the top 10 trends affecting pharmaceutical supply chains. . Inventory management a top priority. If you like this topic, I suggest you download the full white paper, The Top Ten Trends Transforming the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain. Outsourcing.

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Digital Twinning of Supply Chains!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Digital Supply Chain Road is Full of Potholes, Construction and Accidents! This Digital Twinning of Supply Chains article focuses on transformative ideation of transport & logistics value chains. The physical supply chain is not easily changeable.

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The Importance of Supply Chain Visibility for Procurement

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

Supply chain visibility is essential for successful procurement, as it enables businesses to proactively manage risks and optimize their supply chain. By having a clear view of their entire supply chain, businesses can identify potential issues and take steps to mitigate them. million, up from $1.9

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Business Success with Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

The executive component of S&OP is the eS&OP, where top management, middle managers, and specialists meet to balance supply and demand, align operational and financial planning, connect strategic planning with day-to-day sales and operations, and establish policy, strategy, risk, and budget changes via a disciplined discussion.

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A B2B Question from the Floor (that Almost Knocked Me to the Floor)

The Network Effect

I was speaking at a large conference about the major impacts of globalization, technology, and supply chain on commerce. Marketplaces place product offerings on your site for sale even though you do not have any inventory of these items. To understand more about marketplaces, watch the video The Alibaba Effect.

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Sales and Operations Planning – What Is It, and Why Should You Care?

NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

Act as a forum for disciplined discussion around setting policy, strategy, risk and budget changes. It is a multi-step process involving demand planning, supply planning, middle and top management meetings resulting in decision-making and authorization. lower finished goods inventories. more stable production rates.