Labor Productivity

On this episode, Stanley Fawcett, Michael Knemeyer and Markus Greschberger discuss what supply chain managers can learn about complexity from Jackie Chan. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

On this episode, Stanley Fawcett, Michael Knemeyer and Markus Greschberger discuss what supply chain managers can learn about complexity from Jackie Chan. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

As the distribution environment continues to evolve and as customer demands change, the traditional warehouse or distribution center setup is quickly falling out of favor.

While the pandemic gets the brunt of the blame for ongoing supply chain disruptions, the logistics, and transportation labor shortage makes it increasingly difficult for companies to mitigate supply chain risk.

What if you could get away from that large, centralized palletizer fed by a maze of fixed conveyor that too often seems in the way? A palletizing robotic system can make that a reality.

In these Covid-ravaged times, the last thing companies need is more bad news, but like it or not, the storm clouds of a global economic recession are gathering on the horizon.

A lack of available workers has limited capacity at factories, warehouses, transportation operations, and more, ultimately hurting profitability at these facilities and contributing to broader supply chain disruptions.

In this short-term program, you’ll receive the advanced preparation needed for a career in smart manufacturing.

A resilience-building approach to compare and contrast supply chain disruptions, especially how the Covid-19 pandemic fits into supply chain management’s risk universe.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, due in part to the growing demand for ecommerce, the supply chain was already experiencing a shortage of readily available labor.

More companies are starting to prioritize automation while those that had already put a lot of focus on automation are not looking to slow down - In fact, there is greater emphasis on it.

The pandemic has acted as a "great accelerator" for the adoption of new processes and automation necessary to streamline operations to meet unprecedented e-commerce demands--especially in the face of shrinking labor availability.

The pandemic has acted as a "great accelerator" for the adoption of new processes and automation necessary to streamline operations to meet unprecedented e-commerce demands--especially in the face of shrinking labor availability.

More companies with refrigerated and frozen temperature-controlled facilities are adopting automation as a means to enhance the productivity of their existing team.

In this Supply Chain Leader’s Playbook, we take a look at how supply chain leaders are increasingly turning to freight tracking software, real-time transportation visibility platforms, to automate manual tasks and streamline collaboration, saving time and money across a variety of supply chain roles.