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Taking the Hill

Supply Chain Shaman

I find it sad, when I attend a conference where the term supply chain is only used to describe supply chain execution (SCE) or advanced planning optimization (APS). Likewise, I find it sad when I work with a company that had defined the supply chain organization very narrowly. Talk to you soon!

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Podcast: Predictive Analytics and Digital Transformation Pioneer Knut Alicke

Requis

He is based in Germany, and, as a founding partner of the supply chain practice at McKinsey & Company , consults on a variety of supply chain-related business problems, including S&OP and advanced analytics. He is also a professor at the University of Karlsruhe where he teaches supply chain management.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

SAP Launches Enhanced Supply Chain Execution Software for Faster Logistics Planning. CMA CGM has a leading position on the Asia-Europe, Asia-Mediterranean, Africa and Latin America routes, whilst APL [one of NOL’s operating brands] is strong along the Transpacific, Intra-Asia and Indian subcontinent shipping routes.

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How Can We Heal the Global Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

In the last six months, in my travels, I have presented to supply chain teams in China, Belgium, France, Germany, Peru, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. I strongly feel that if I am going to cover the global supply chain that I need to experience it. Today, I unpacked my bags.

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Navigating the Future in an Uncertain Political and Regulatory Environment

NC State SCRC

Participants also attended the Innovation Showcase in Nelson Hall,, featuring two winning supply chain teams in the undergraduate and graduate divisions! Education is the best medicine against having your job “robofied! Education is the best medicine against having your job “robofied!”

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Biden’s Executive Order on Supply Chain Vulnerabilities: A Reality Check…

NC State SCRC

David Ricardo, a famous British political economist, first wrote about the concept of comparative advantage in his book “On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation” in 1817. Collaboration between nations ground to a standstill, as leaders frightened by scarcity began stockpiling supplies, and forbidding exports of key materials.