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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. Instead, supply chain leaders need to focus on the minimization of waste, and the alignment of signals.

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SAP to Expand Cloud Presence with Acquisition of Ariba

Supply Chain Network

Last week, SAP announced the roadmap for its cloud applications business (Software-as-a-Service), focusing on managing customers, suppliers, employees, and financials, in addition to its cloud suite offerings SAP Business ByDesign and SAP Business One. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Ariba has approximately 2,600 employees.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

Chipotle’s push for humane chicken delayed amid tight supplies. Mexican factories gain in supply chain revamps. FedEx Express is teaming up with California Bay Area-based Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

Provenance has partnered with the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis Agency (Growth Analysis) , to explore how blockchain technology can help to valorise sustainable practices in the Rare Earth Elements mining sector. Interested in understanding how supply chain transparency could benefit your business? The result?

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What does Corporate Social Responsibility Really Mean?

Logistics Bureau

For some companies it means ethical procurement, for others it involves supporting worthy causes. 3) Better trade relations: Companies up and down the supply chain will relate more to other partner firms that have adopted the same or similar CSR values as themselves. Article summary. A commitment to CSR pays off.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

Nintendo is struggling to break out of a frustrating sales slowdown, selling 33 percent fewer units of Switch game systems in the April-June quarter than a year ago in Japan due to a crippled supply chain. Nintendo is having negotiations on procurement, but the outlook is uncertain.