Walmart Raising the Supply Chain Metrics Bar
Walmart elevates supply chain efficiency with rigorous OTIF standards, urging suppliers to enhance delivery performance or face penalties.
Raising the Bar With Customer Service
Aligning sales, operations, and finance elevates customer service, ensuring a seamless and superior customer experience.
Is Supply Chain Top of Mind?
A strategic focus on supply chain can dramatically influence your business's success, competitiveness, and resilience. Is it top of mind?
The Impact of Supply Chain Strategy
Effective supply chain strategic planning secures a competitive edge, ensuring efficiency, adaptability, and market leadership.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is Trending in Supply Chain
The transformative impact of IoT on supply chain trends, from real-time tracking to predictive analytics, shapes future operations.
Knee Deep in Options: Insourcing vs Outsourcing
There is a strategic shift towards insourcing. This is how businesses evaluate the insourcing vs outsourcing dilemma for operational excellence.
Manufacturing Business Expert Lisa Anderson Releases Innovation Book on iTunes
Lisa Anderson's roadmap to innovation in her latest book is now available on iTunes. Practical strategies to drive business success.
SIOP: How Far Should You Look into the Future?
SIOP guides strategic forecasting to determine the optimal horizon for planning and future-proofing your supply chain operations.
Rethinking Sourcing
Successful manufacturers are re-evaluating their outsourcing/ insourcing/ near-sourcing options. To remain competitive and have any hope of staying ahead of the curve, they are knee-deep in considering the options.
Fully Autonomous Vehicles Will Be Here by 2020
Autonomous vehicles seem to arise at every corner. Last week, I heard a presentation on autonomous vehicles by the executive VP of Hyundai, and earlier this week, I participated on a panel at Future Ports Annual Conference with a Caltrans researcher on autonomous vehicles. What is clear is that [...]