article thumbnail

Driving Sustainable Supply Chain Change

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Source: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Supply Chain 2022 Predictions — APEJ Implications. Tender documents and responsible source guidance are requiring suppliers to show evidence of their actions to support ESG initiatives, as well as the actions of their suppliers. The Role of Digitisation and Analytics in Supply Chain Resilience.

article thumbnail

The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

We must plan, source, make, and deliver differently for supply chain sustainability. Pharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen built a new biomanufacturing plant in Singapore that uses 70% less carbon than traditional facilities. These examples address the source, make, and deliver areas of supply chain. Buffering creates waste.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

IT Competency: Critical for leveraging technology like smart sensors, AI, and data analytics to enhance visibility and control costs. Companies emphasized offshore sourcing, single suppliers, and centralized warehousing to optimize their operations.

article thumbnail

Current State of International Transportation Industry – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Analytics: The ability to harness cargo and freight data can yield significant benefits to any Shipper. By ensuring stored data records are tamper-free and come from a verifiable and immutable source, participants will be able to trust that data on the network is the single source of truth.

article thumbnail

Custom Build or Off-the-Shelf or a mix?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

She believes that a central Inventory System that manages all incoming & outgoing transactions and orders will provide a single source visibility, overcome some of her teething problems, and increase productivity in the Order to Fulfilment process. Advanced Robotics, Internet of Things, Data Analytics.

article thumbnail

Addressing the Talent Gap in Logistics and Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Talent gaps in logistics and supply chain, continues to be a top challenge and a source of high risk for many companies. The source of such disconnects, is related to the information gap among the three parties. The pandemic only aggravated it significantly, which moved it to red zone as a High Risk source for many companies.

article thumbnail

Building A Guiding Coalition for Change

Supply Chain Shaman

The event focuses on five themes—driving competitive advantage, reaching the right balance between innovation and standardization, transforming logistics, harnessing new insights from analytics, and redefining work. Centers of excellence evolved in countries like Guatemala, Ecuador, Poland, Singapore, and China.