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Amazon & WalMart By The Numbers

If you want to know what's going on with supply chains you could do worse than to take a look at 2 of the heavyweights with whom we're all familiar: Amazon and WalMart. Read more...

Supply Chains Prepare for Political Impacts

The frenetic and sometimes chaotic-seeming political atmosphere we've been experiencing tends to keep supply chain managers and planners up at night. Read more...

Talent Gaps in Digital Supply Chains

There's a significant talent gap in the supply chain to support digital transformation, according to recent research by the Hackett Group. Additionally, although there's agreement that digital is on the way, strategy on how to implement it is also lacking. Read more...

Controlling Those Robots

We know that the robotic revolution is on the way, but controlling them and coordinating their work within the walls of the DC are challenges. Read more...

Visibility and the Omnichannel Shopper

Multichannel, omnichannel, or whatever you want to call it is driving huge change in the retail supply chain. Of course, one of the holy grails of supply chain processes, visibility, is a key component of the new retail world. Read more...

Concurrency is the Word

It's always important to stay up-to-date with buzzwords. For example, were you aware that the future of supply chain planning is 'concurrency'? Read more...

Building the Digital Supply Chain

Digitizing the supply chain is a goal most companies are working toward, but where do you start? Is it possible to look at successful transformations for clues? Read more...

IoT Conference Learnings

Industry conference attendees are usually in a position to pick up a lot of great information from leaders and executives. In today's fast-paced supply chain world, it's especially important to do so. Read more...

The Procurement Pyramid

You might be familiar with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs from your PSYC101 class at the U. Are you aware, though, that the procurement function can utilize a similar strategy?

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Supply Chain Planning at a Crossroads

Dan Gilmore, editor of the Supply Chain Digest, has witnessed a lot of changes in supply chain planning through the years. It could be moving in an important new direction as processes are changing and advanced analytics have arrived. Read more...

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