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3 Questions from Your Future Supply Chain Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

In a white paper on “ How reinventing the supply chain can transform the planner role ,” consulting firm EY cites their research that lack of the right supply chain talent is the second highest challenge to meeting supply chain goals. We may be known for ensuring we can make and move “stuff,” but ultimately supply chains are human.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

5 Principles for Navigating the Digital Fog Around AI in Supply Chain ; Polly Mitchell-Guthrie ( Kinaxis ) The scariest drive of my life took place on a summer’s night in the North Carolina mountains returning from a longer-than-expected hike.

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Supply Chain Leadership Series IV: Joydeep Ganguly – Passionate About Sustainable Supply Chains

NC State SCRC

In his current role, he is accountable for several strategic functions, including corporate engineering; capital and infrastructure strategy; corporate real estate; risk management; operations research and global procurement. Number 3 – I always benchmark the performance of any business function I manage, against a broader dataset.

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The WSJ Drucker Management 250 List: NC State’s Input into the Ratings

NC State SCRC

Based on several iterations of discussions, reviews of metrics, and benchmarking, the team settled on a system for assessing two important indications of supply chain performance. This is a theme that we have continued to focus on in the research of the SCRC. They needed to capture the essence of a specific Drucker principle.

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Getting that “Swing” in Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from Moving Up the Supply Chain Maturity Curve: The Process Industry Executive Agenda for 2016 and Beyond , a white paper recently published by Elemica with research conducted by Adelante SCM. Step 5: Measure Current Performance and Benchmark with Best-in-Class Competitors.

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Industry 4.0: Will Your Business Survive?

Murano Corporation

Connecting these machines through a network allows companies to more precisely allocate physical resources such as raw materials, track maintenance and efficiency benchmarks, remotely control production lines, and more.