Supply Chain Council

Is your organization suffering from supply chain knowledge and skillset gaps? Here are five strategies to get back on track.

Top supply chain managers have joined the C-level of most companies and earned a place at the table with the chief executive officer, chief operations officer, and chief financial officer.

Is your organization suffering from supply chain knowledge and skillset gaps? Here are five strategies to get back on track.

Boeing's defense business, like competitors such as Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp. and Raytheon Co., has been under pressure to cut costs as U.S. defense spending has fallen in recent years due to budget cutting.

Mapping supply chains often reveals issues that affect the total landed cost of a product, although it may not be immediately apparent without thorough questioning.

The Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR®) model. The SCOR framework makes it possible for organizations to quickly determine and compare the performance of supply chain and related operations within their organization and against other organizations.

Two renowned supply chain-centric organizations––APICS, a professional organization for supply chain operations management and provider of research, education, and certification programs focused on elevating supply chain excellence, innovation, and resilience, and the Supply Chain Council, a global, non-profit management organization focused on helping its membership make significant supply chain process improvements, are set to merge.

Both APICS and SCC believe that this combination creates a global leader in supply chain solutions, poised to benefit members, customers, partners and employees in several ways.

To meet the challenges ahead, it’s vital that we keep up on supply chain trends. We must read, watch and listen to what other professionals are saying and doing. Logistics and supply chain management are becoming core competencies in progressive, successful companies, both public and private, around the globe.

The two industry organizations collaborate on member access and pricing for products, conferences and resources.