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Preparing for the Digital Supply Chain

In a new article on the Forbes site, Kevin O'Marah interviews Gartner's Matt Davis on the subject of supply chain digitization and what it means for employers and employees moving forward. Read more...

Clean Data is Key to GDSN Success

GDSN, the Global Data Synchronization Network, has been facilitating the sharing of product information among suppliers for well over a decade now. It's apparent to all that its effectiveness is a product of the quality of the data. Read more...

Demand Planning Innovation

It should come as no surprise that supply chain planning is going through big changes. Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, is intimately familiar with the process. She discusses how demand planning is being disrupted in several ways. Read more...

Summary of Deloitte's CPO Survey

Sydney Lazarus reviews recent Deloitte research of Chief Procurement Officers (CPO) on the Spend Matters site. Read more...

Investment Drivers for Supply Chain Tech

What drives investments in supply chain technology? A graphic on the Supply Chain Digest site provides a glimpse of what's behind expenditures. Is it any surprise that cost reduction is on top? Check it out HERE. Read more...

Merck Removes Its Silos

The word "silo" generally carries negative connotations in the business world. There are good reasons for that. Read more...

Millennials in Supply Chain Roles

The talent shortage in supply chain roles is an ongoing concern to managers. As more millennials join the workforce as older workers retire, there's a lot of conversation about the plusses and minuses they bring to the table. Read more...

Retailers Gear Up for 2017

Digitization seems to be driving a lot of activity in the supply chain. Within the retail space, that's an understatement. Read more...

Low Delivery Drone Adoption by 2020

With all the news about delivery drones buzzing around, you'd think the concept is ready to take off. You'd be wrong, according to a recent article citing Gartner research on the Material Handling & Logistics site. Read more...

Looking at Omnichannel Fulfillment Costs

4th quarter data is still being analyzed and different players in the supply chain are drawing their respective conclusions. Bob Ferrarri views the information about UPS' performance and discusses what it means in a recent blog on his Supply Chain Matters site. Read more...

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