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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

Growing tensions between China and trading partners. In the face of variability, this is two-to-six weeks too long to make allocation or procurement decisions. Order cycles–the requested time from order to delivery–decreased while supply cycles –the time to procure materials– increased. Unrest in Sudan.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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6 Manufacturing Trends to Watch Out for in 2016

GlobalTranz

E-Commerce for Manufacturing. Over the past decade, the application of e-commerce in manufacturing and industrial distribution, has evolved from basic communication and transaction channel between buyer and seller, to an end-to-end collaboration medium between all stakeholders. Forecasting Demand.

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51st Symposium Purchasing and Logistics

Supply Chain Movement

Contrary to expectations, the deceleration of growth in China, the geopolitical crisis in the Middle East and the financial plight of countries that export crude oil have all had an impact on the export-driven German industry. e-Solutions and business analytics: leveraging digitalisation. Global supply chains: mitigating risks.

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Logility Indicates Added Uptake to its Starboard Solutions Acquisition

Supply Chain Matters

Uncertainty and the network wide risk factors concerning new variants of the Covid-19 endemic impacting China , sudden declines in online E-Commerce fulfillment demand by consumers, along with noticeable changes in energy availability and climate related events continue to result in a multitude of industry supply chain impacts.

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Straight Talk With Supply Chain Insights

Supply Chain Insights

For example, I interviewed Fran O’Sullivan, from IBM, on how to organize to win with new forms of analytics. We have completed five podcasts this week and have a lineup of fifteen more in the queue. I loved Fran’s insights of “start small” and “be iterative.”

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The Endless Complexities of the Ocean side of Supply Chains

SCMDOJO

The hardest hit by the increase in rollovers were the Indian subcontinent and China. The rollover rate in the Indian subcontinent was up from 24% in 2021 to 42% in 2022, whereas the rollover rate in China reached 36% in 2022, compared to 26% last year. Atlas Exportaciones e Importaciones S.A., Infineon Technologies A.G,