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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. Water levels falling in the Rhine, the Loire, and the Colorado River. The Russian invasion of Ukraine stretches into a much longer war resulting in serious disruptions to the food, automotive, and semi-conductor supply chains. The winter offers no relief.

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Guest Post: Ignoring this Performance Metric is Risky

TMC

There are many ways to measure supply chain performance in terms of resilience, but there is one that’s easily overlooked even though it is gaining in importance: Detection time. Companies that are quick at detecting supply chain disruptions are more competitive than slower enterprises in a number of ways.

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Driverless Trucks, China, COVID and the Future of the Supply Chain

Turvo

My husband and I, desperate to reclaim any small portion of our lives post 3 children had booked a summer getaway to CO. Now in Colorado, with baby in tow, we attended a very nice, very quiet, “adults-only” wine tour.which became, for us, an “adults-only with napping baby” wine tour. Are we close to an automated world or decades away?

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21 logistics experts share the most important ingredients in developing an effective logistics strategy

6 River Systems

Logistics is one component of the overall supply chain and is impacted by supply chain changes. At the same time, an effective logistics strategy can improve supply chain management and overall supply chain performance.

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Champions of Sustainability: W. Edwards Deming

QAD

Born in 1900 in Sioux City, Iowa, Deming graduated with BS and MS degrees from the University of Wyoming and the University of Colorado respectively, and a PhD from Yale. Deming first introduced these points in his preeminent book, Out of the Crisis , which was originally published in 1982. Early Life and Career Accomplishments.