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Sustainable Supply Chain — The Ultimate Guide

Procurement Tactics

A sustainable supply chain is one that fully integrates ethical and environmentally responsible practices into a successful and competitive model. What is Sustainable Supply Chain Management? Normal supply chain management focuses mainly on the cost, speed, and reliability of the operations.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

In the current era, it is clear that new modes of production are concomitant with new modes of distribution, which advances the field of logistics, the science of physical distribution or even supply chain management. Reminder of Key Definitions – Logistics & Supply Chain Management. Rider (1970)).

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The PERFECT REASON to Implement Supply Chain Logistics IT Solutions Today

Supply Chain Collaborator

If ever there was a perfect time to engage a logistics IT solution like TMS, Optimizer or Yard Management tool, it is now. per gallon than at this same time last year according to Transport Topics. The savings range projections referenced above were derived from research performed by ARC Group and Inbound Logistics magazine.

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The Internet of Things (IoT) – Welcome the Digital Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

According to Warranty Weekly Magazine, best in class participation in this paper based process was 2%. In order to support this investments are often needed in warehousing and order management capabilities to support item level serialization and integrate this information into a highly scalable IoT services and entitlement management system.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #2

Supply Chain Trend

It sometimes seems like S&OP is stuck in a time warp, where the same old things as 30 years ago are being discussed. To get some answers for S&OP practitioners, Niels van Hove founder of Supply Chain Trend, interviewed a group of S&OP leaders. Worse, overall S&OP development and progress seems to have stalled.

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The Agile Supply Chain! Why Agility is Trumping Lean!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The digitization , focusing on fundamentals and change , augmented reality , artificial intelligence , and many other factors are transforming how the supply chain functions. Once, the lean supply chain was considered to be the most effective form of manufacturing and supply chain management.