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Megatrends for Supply Chains
Are there 'megatrends' out there affecting supply chain management? According to the keynote address at a recent conference, there are several and 3 are crucial.
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Visibility in an Omnichannel World
In the age of the omnichannel consumer, the importance of inventory visibility can't be denied. This means visibility across the board: on the shelf in the DC and branch locations, inbound shipments, fulfillment, drop-ships, and all other aspects of the supply chain.
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Surviving a Natural Disaster
How can you best plan for a natural disaster if you don't know what it is or when it'll hit? Supply chains are always at risk, but preparedness is a key to making it through catastrophes.
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Planning for a Global Supply Chain
Supply chains are supply chains, right? Except when you look at global vs. regional types.
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Silos Must Go!
Everybody says they hate silos, but there sure seems to be a lot of them still around. Gary Barraco has studied the problem as it relates to supply chains and has come to the conclusion that to survive in today's environment, they have to go.
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Is Blockchain a Fit For Supply Chain?
We've been reading a lot about 'blockchain' technology, but is any of it relevant to our work?
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Pepsi's Approach to Innovation
I think it's always helpful to see how the big supply chain players approach major decisions. In a recent article on the Supply Chain 247 site, James Rice and Tim Rowell review Pepsi's process when introducing a new product line.
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Change Management and Digital Transformation
'Digital transformation' isn't just a hot catch-phrase, it's a real 'thing'. When you look at all that goes into it, well described in a recent article by Dion Hinchcliffe, change management may be one of the toughest nuts to crack.
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Automated DCs Arrive
The traditional paths for distribution center design, low automation vs. high-automation, are still available.
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Taming the Omnichannel Cost Tiger
We know the omnichannel revolution is here, but we also know that if supply chain costs aren't controlled in servicing its customers we have real problems.
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