Supply Chain Management

New network for professionals under 40 is designed to bridge the gap between “generational personalities” in supply chain management.

Dynamic operations—supply chain networks that respond quickly and smoothly to changing business conditions—sounds like something every company should desire. Who wouldn’t want a supply chain whose processes, people, capital assets, technology, and data are always positioned to surmount the primary challenges of the day?

To support the productive enterprise, supply chains must embrace resiliency and become “massively multidimensional.”

To support the productive enterprise, supply chains must embrace resiliency and become “massively multidimensional.”

The warehousing and fulfillment markets are undergoing significant changes as companies incorporate e-commerce into their overall strategy

The nation faces a demographic crisis that is creating a drastic need to reform retiree and health care entitlements that is affecting the nation’s financial health, a top business lobbyist is predicting.

In an effort focused on addressing “supply chain issues that affect the international competitiveness,” Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank late last week announced the debut of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness

That mindset was front and center at a session at last week’s Council of Supply Chain Management’s (CSCMP) Annual Conference last week, entitled “How Supply Chain Drives Shareholder Value.”

A recent survey of 3PL industry leaders contained some revealing forecasting news.

Ann M. Drake, chairman and chief executive officer of DSC Logistics, Inc., will receive the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ (CSCMP) prestigious 2012 Distinguished Service Award.

Consensus views on a U.S. manufacturing resurgence have largely centered on rising labor costs in markets such as China as the key driver of re-shoring back to the U.S.

America has a growing mineral dependence on nations with abysmal labor practices and human rights violations

Today more than ever, innovation is a top priority. Sixty-two percent of executives questioned in a recent Accenture survey noted that their business strategy is “largely” or “totally” dependent on innovation. Nowadays, however, companies don’t only need to innovate, they also need collaborators—partners—to help make innovation happen.

When H. J. Heinz Company and CEVA Logistics, announced a five-year ocean freight contract earlier this week, it may signal similar groundbreaking deals in the future.

In its ongoing quest to help U.S. multinationals remain competitive in the global marketplace, the University of Tennessee’s Global Supply Chain Institute recently convened its private sector “advisory board” in Chicago for a one-day forum