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No, AI has not killed supply chain management

Supply Chain Movement

Some have argued that supply chain management is on its way to becoming obsolete. Death of Supply Chain? Almost three years ago, Harvard Business Review published a provocative article entitled ‘The Death of Supply Chain Management’. Recent events would seem suggest otherwise. .

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Nike Earnings Reflect Supply Chain Disruption Complexities. In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. This sounds like another example of supply chain whiplash (start and stop) to me.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The latest capability for merchants shows that the e-commerce giant is trying to control more inventory deeper in the supply chain before it’s sold. Since launching the world’s first autonomous drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2017, Flytrex has been working closely with regulators to get drone delivery off the ground.

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Supply Chain Movement 19 – Software & Leaders

Supply Chain Movement

Contents Supply Chain Movement 19 – 2015 Q4. Sharing Dutch supply chain knowledge in Turkey. Acquisition of GT Nexus Underlines Infor’s Focus on Supply Chain. Supply chains in Europe are facing a wide variety of changes. Supply chains in Europe are facing a wide variety of changes.

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Get Checked: Associate MoonWalks to Bring Awareness to Breast Cancer

BlueYonder

According to the World Health Organization , by the end of 2020, there were 7.8 In 2020, my family experienced first-hand the difficult journey of cancer, when my Aunt Siobhan was diagnosed during the COVID-19 pandemic at 48 years old. In December 2022, I decided to sign up for a MoonWalk challenge, which involved walking a 26.2

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Let’s Embrace New Ways of Working

Supply Chain Shaman

On Thursday, I am speak on the future of supply chain technologies at an Eyeon conference in Rotterdam. While I love talking to supply chain professionals at conferences and challenging them to think more holistically about supply chain excellence, as the leaves fall, I yearn for my home.

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Supply Chain Weekly Wrap-Up 10/23/2020 – 10/29/2020

All Things Supply Chain

British companies dread a Brexit border breakdown British companies are having to face bureaucracy which threatens chaos at the border if they want to sell into the world’s largest trading…