Supply chains today are more complex than ever before. Disruptions created by material shortages, climate disasters, and geopolitical tensions have added to an already complicated process, leaving ...
The supply chain is no longer a back-office afterthought. The global supply chain has become an essential business enabler and differentiator that can significa ...
Handre Dreyer: Director Operational Technologies, 4Sight. If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that supply chains are living, breathing entities, prone to sudden shocks and ...
Optimization is great for many things but terrible at capturing uncertainty and implementing recommendations on its own. Implementing optimization recommendations still requires a big dose of, “Well, ...
Not so long ago, supply chain disruptions were limited to a dockyard strike or a storm off the Atlantic Coast. Now vulnerabilities are everywhere: A pandemic shuts down entire factories, tariffs shift ...
Compiled By Deborah Austin Envision it as a supply-chain logistics "flight simulator" for managers: Lockwood Greene has launched its Supply Chain Logistics Model, a ...
Lenovo is ranked tenth by one leading analyst firm among a list of global companies with exceptional supply chains. Based on an interview with Jack Fiedler, the vice president for digital ...
In an energetic classroom on Northwestern's Evanston campus, students huddle around a whiteboard, debating the merits of vertical integration versus outsourcing. Less than a half-hour later, they are ...
In the diagram can be seen a three-level government-led food supply chain structure, comprising designated suppliers, district-level warehouses, and communities. Designated suppliers (20 in total, ...