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Ranking the Top 20 Women in Supply Chain
Women, despite being underrepresented, are making significant strides in the supply chain industry. Here is a ranking of the Top 20.
Microsoft Unveils New AI Innovations For Warehouses
Microsoft hopes its new AI innovations are the answer to a new set of challenges facing manufacturers.
TIm Cook Says Apple Plans to Increase Investments in Vietnam
Apple plans to increase investment in Vietnam to strengthen its supply chain and reduce dependence on Chinese manufacturing.
Nissan Channels Tesla With Its Latest Manufacturing Process
Nissan has joined other carmakers in adopting Tesla's gigacastin. The process will cut costs as the Japanese carmaker has plans to roll out 30 new models by 2027.

Leadership Resources

What the Thriving Supply Chain Professional Needs to Succeed
This report documents the findings of Kiaxis's annual survey, which this year set out to discover what supply...
Aligning People, Process & Technology
This paper separates people, process & technology and breaks down some of the key challenges associated with each, along...


Leadership News

Walmart’s Doug McMillon: What I’ve Learned Since Becoming President & Chief Executive Officer
Sam Walton showed us the way, he gave us a clear purpose and four timeless values, at Walmart, we save people money and help them live better - and we do it by serving others, striving for excellence, respecting everyone and acting with integrity.

BenchPrep Partners with the Association for Supply Chain Management to Advance Learning Portfolio
The Association for Supply Chain Management, ASCM, selects BenchPrep’s industry-leading online learning platform to deliver a premium learning experience to supply chain professionals.

2018 Women in Supply Chain Survey
AWESOME and Gartner, have collaborated on research that sheds light on and tracks progress toward the advancement of women’s supply chain leadership.

Leadership and the Democratization of Supply Chains
The Fourth Industrial Revolution will continue the democratization of technology.

FedEx Surprises Wall Street with Resignation of President & COO David J. Bronczek
FedEx Corp. threw Wall Street into a loop by announcing the resignation of Fred Smith’s top deputy David J. Bronczek just weeks after he joined the company’s board, Raj Subramaniam will take over as president and chief operating officer March 1.

Want To Be Like Amazon? Treat Your Customers Like Kings
From day one, Amazon observed its customers, asked for their input, anticipated their wants and needs, and treated them with complete trust and respect.

The Most Telling Leadership Quality of a Great Leader is How Well They Treat Others
Leadership is often and mistakenly thought of as the quality of your resume and of the quality of your accomplishments, instead, true and lasting leadership is how well you treat and develop others.

Apple Plans Major US Expansion Including a New $1 Billion Campus in Austin Texas
Apple Inc said it would invest $1 billion to build a second campus in North Austin, Texas and another $10 billion for new data centers over the next five years, as it aims to create 20,000 jobs in the United States.

What Larry Culp GE’s New CEO Brings to the Company
General Electric Co. has named board member Larry Culp to take over for Chief Executive Officer John Flannery as the company reports that it would miss its 2018 profit forecast.

CSX New Operating Management Structure to Drive Next Phase of Railroading Transformation
CSX announces new operating management structure to drive the next phase of transformation, the changes are a continuation of the company's scheduled transformation into precision scheduled railroading.

Former Walmart Executive Chris Sultemeier Joins Warehouse Drone Pioneer PINC
Chris Sultemeier former Executive Vice President of Logistics for Walmart Stores, Inc. joins the board of directors of PINC, the leading provider of real-time digital inventory solutions.

Aligning People, Processes, and Technology for the New Future World of Work in the “Gig Economy”
In the future world of work, a dizzying mix of robotics, artificial intelligence, freelance workers and full-time employees will all be essential to achieving business objectives, and to thrive in this new environment, organizations will need a new portfolio-based talent strategy.

Redefining Talent for the New World of Work
This white paper focuses on the effect that rapid, unpredictable, paradoxical, and tangled changes will have on the talent landscape, and it explores how organizations and individual leaders can adapt to and leverage these changes to turn what could otherwise be an overwhelming experience into an opportunity to thrive amidst the turbulence.

2018 Supply Chain Compensation and Career Survey Report
This survey report focuses on compensation, benefits and career satisfaction and includes many demographic factors such as industry tenure, professional responsibilities, company size, certification, and gender.

Tenure, Leadership and Education Have the Most Impact on Supply Chain Salary Increases
A compensation and career survey by APICS, the association for supply chain management, reveals a healthy outlook for those employed in the supply chain, with wage increases and high job satisfaction reported across the profession.

Gartner L2’s Scott Galloway on Tesla’s Wild Ride
Scott Galloway, clinical professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, public speaker, author, and entrepreneur, discusses Elon Musk’s $3.5B tantrum and what it means for Tesla’s shareholders, plus American technology business journalist and co-founder of Recode Kara Swisher weighs in.

Amazon Plans to Expand Boston Tech Hub with Additional 2,000 Technology Jobs
Amazon.com Inc. said it’s hiring 2,000 people in Boston, expanding an existing technology hub that focuses on everything from machine learning and speech science to cloud computing and robotics.

New Supply Chain Technology Best Practices
This paper provides information about five new innovative technologies that could greatly impact the supply chain, it delves into the many benefits of each technology as well as some challenges, and it gives you a peek into an amazing future.

International Women’s Day 2018: Bringing Women Back to the Information Technology Sector
Today, Thursday, March 8, 2018, is International Women's Day which commemorates the movement for women's rights throughout the world, and while there are numerous topics of conversation to discuss, we wanted to acknowledge why women are opting out of the technology sector and why it's so important to bring them back.

Walmart’s Ecommerce Growth Declines - Shares Tumble
Walmart is getting bruised in its battle with online leader Amazon, and the world's largest retailer yesterday reported a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as it wrestled with slower ecommerce sales during the busiest time of the year.


Featured Companies

Drewry Supply Chain Advisors
Drewry Supply Chain Advisors is the global market leader in seafreight market intelligence and benchmarking and a specialist advisor in international seafreight procurement. Our experience with clients suggests not only is there a need to assist seafreight procurement activity with…
The MPI Group
The MPI Group is composed of the Management Performance Institute, the Marketing Performance Institute, and the Manufacturing Performance Institute, and is known globally for research and thought leadership that define what it means to be a top performer - for…
American Productivity & Quality Center
APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center) is a member-based nonprofit and one of the world’s leading proponents of business benchmarking, best practices, and knowledge management research. We follow our mission to help organizations around the world improve productivity and…
IHS Markit
IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO) is a world leader in critical information, analytics and expertise to forge solutions for the major industries and markets that drive economies worldwide. The company delivers next-generation information, analytics and solutions to customers in business, finance…
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is the global voice of the world’s working people. The ITUC’s primary mission is the promotion and defence of workers’ rights and interests, through international cooperation between trade unions, global campaigning and…
KPCB
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) partners with the brightest entrepreneurs to turn disruptive ideas into world-changing businesses. The firm has helped build pioneering companies like Amazon, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Google, Nest, Netscape, and Twitter. KPCB offers entrepreneurs years of…
Institute for Local Self Reliance
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) is a nonprofit research and educational organization that provides technical assistance and information to city and state governments, citizen organizations and industry. Since 1974, ILSR has researched the technical feasibility and commercial viability of environmentally…
Reverse Logistics Association
We are a trade association focused on Third Party Service Providers to whom OEMs, ODMs, Branded and Retail companies outsource. The Reverse Logistics Association monitors thousands of 3PSPs worldwide who are providing Aftermarket Supply Chain services, while supporting the outsourcing…
Argentus
Argentus is a bold and boutique search firm specializing in recruitment for supply chain, procurement, strategic sourcing, operations & planning, logistics, and change management.
Project Management Institute PMI
Project Management Institute is the world’s leading not-for-profit professional membership association for the project, program and portfolio management profession. Founded in 1969, PMI delivers value for more than 2.9 million professionals working in nearly every country in the world through global…
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