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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

VF Corporation is Building a Highly Automated DC on the West Coast. Anytime you have a chance to talk to an executive vice president in charge of the global supply chain of a nearly $12 billion corporation, you know you will learn some things. Cameron Bailey, EVP of Global Supply Chain at VF Corporation, did not disappoint.

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The Beginning of the Beginning: A Progress Report on the Digitisation of Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Is this true for the supply chain industry? What seems to be clear by now is that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities and risks of today’s global supply chain networks. This is also true for states and research institutes through advanced supply chain design and management expertise and capabilities.

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What Supply Chains Can Learn From Switzerland

RFgen

Discover why Switzerland came out on top in the FM Global Resilience Index. In supply chain management, all eyes are on Switzerland. The Importance of Supply Chain Resilience. The Importance of Supply Chain Resilience. Of the 130 countries reviewed by FM Global, Switzerland took the No.

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What Supply Chains Can Learn From Switzerland

RFgen

Discover why Switzerland came out on top in the FM Global Resilience Index. In supply chain management, all eyes are on Switzerland. The Importance of Supply Chain Resilience. The Importance of Supply Chain Resilience. Of the 130 countries reviewed by FM Global, Switzerland took the No.

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Patient-centric networks at the heart of pharmaceutical supply chain management: Lessons from LogiPharma Europe 2018

Kinaxis

In early April I attended the LogiPharma Europe 2018 conference in Montreux, Switzerland, an event that attracted more than 800 attendees, including practitioners and executives from pharma and medical device industries, along with software vendors and many service providers. Patient-centric networks are reshaping pharma supply chains.

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

The company started working with AIMMS and our implementation partner Districon in October 2015 to develop a Demand Aggregation tool. We had the pleasure to speak with Willem Vesters, Liberty Global’s VP Global Supply Chain Planning, to learn more about their optimization journey. How did you hear about AIMMS?

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

The company started working with AIMMS and our implementation partner Districon in October 2015 to develop a Demand Aggregation tool. We had the pleasure to speak with Willem Vesters, Liberty Global’s VP Global Supply Chain Planning, to learn more about their optimization journey. How did you hear about AIMMS? This is step 1.