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Ferguson’s Commitment to Supply Chain Excellence Drives Customer Satisfaction

Logistics Viewpoints

Michael Jacobs, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at Ferguson PLC In 2022, I wrote an article called The Best Supply Chain Company You Have Never Heard Of. Ferguson has an extensive and complex supply chain. We have 10 regional distribution centers in the United States and we have one in Canada.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility. When it comes to driving supply chain agility there are several solutions that are important, but the key solution is a Multi-enterprise Supply Chain Network (MSCN). But even in more normal times, a supply plan usually can’t be fully executed.

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Ivalua Launches Collaboration and AI-Powered Innovations to Help Organizations Improve Supply Chain Resilience and Profitability

ivalua

The release includes a broad set of innovations to empower Procurement and Supply Chain leaders to improve collaboration among internal stakeholders and suppliers, proactively mitigate supplier risk and performance issues, gain efficiency and visibility in contracting and improve guidance and effectiveness across procure-to-pay. .

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The Supply Chain of a Computer

SCM Research

Who is governing the computer supply chain? Why is final assembly being done in China and not in the EU or Canada? Why is packaging being done in Eastern Europe or Mexico and not in China; and why not in Northern Europe or Canada, where the consumers are located? How could a linear supply chain become circular?

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Silicon Valley in a Box with Mike Zayonc

The Logistics of Logistics

Supply Chain Fund and Supply Chain accelerator program. Prior to joining Plug and Play, Mike was a serial entrepreneur from Vancouver, Canada. Mike graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Management, where he specialized in studying Entrepreneurial Technology and Finance.

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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- January 19 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column has had a brisk start in our 2024 postings, and we have added this supplemental posting. In our initial 2024 posting last week, we highlighted two acquisitions related to supply chain technology providers.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Update September 18 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an updated news capsule follow-up relative to major supply chain management and industry developments that we have shared previously on this blog. It turns out that Ontario province and the Canadian government have pledged a total of C$28.2