For decades, businesses across industries have faced a particularly thorny problem: the disconnect between demand, procurement and supply chain management. Many companies have trouble delivering goods ...
Historically, in its most simple definition, the “supply chain” division of retail was the one in charge of getting stuff in, maybe storing it for a while — maybe not (cross-docking) — and then ...
Companies are reevaluating their approach to supply chain management. Learn how supply chain is moving into the C-suite. Almost all manufacturers are recovering from losses dealt them by COVID. Given ...
The primary supply chain function is to ensure availability of supplies, equipment, and services at the best available rates, the top supply chain officer at RWJBarnabas Health says. The key to ...
From the C-suite business leader to the multitasking entrepreneur, the temptation to compartmentalize business functions can be overwhelming. Having visibility and control of your business is ...
Those of us who work in the field know it to be true. But, now there's new survey data that offers confirmation: These days, supply chain function is widely recognized as an integral part of ...
As geopolitical, economic and cybersecurity issues continue to pose risks to health system supply chains, leaders at top organizations weighed in on a shared priority – making supply chains more ...
Many supply chain related software applications claim they can orchestrate a company's supply chain, but fall short of this lofty claim. Most often, functional gaps or whitespace exists as the typical ...
In the three years since supply chains hit mainstream news, disruption has become endemic, while supply chains struggle with the downstream repercussions from the pandemic. CEOs and boards are just ...
We’ve all heard that you can’t improve what you don’t measure. In the supply chain function, negotiation is a critical skill for procurement professionals. Yet, while many companies evaluate ...
Recent declines in the price of oil, along with more than a decade of steeply rising costs in upstream oil and gas, have influenced E&Ps toward more focused and cautious capital spend. Some E&Ps have ...
A decade after releasing its landmark national cybersecurity framework, the National Institute of Standards and Technology on Monday released version 2.0, an updated document that emphasizes ...