Demand Solutions

JUNE 30, 2015

In my last article , I introduced Deloitte’s supply chain survey report and shared Deloitte’s concept of what it takes to be a supply chain Leader. It’s clear to me from the survey results that Leaders become Leaders because they have superior talent. So, how do they develop that talent?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

A new Gartner 2014 Top US Supply Chain MBA Program Rankings report of top supply chain MBA programs within the United States came out yesterday – with the NC State Jenkins MBA and the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative making the list for the first time ever! This most certainly applies to NC State.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 9, 2022

In late January , we announced availability of the first research advisory in this series , providing a focus on supply chain operational workforce challenges. The company which is increasingly been recognized as one of the U.S, © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. Background.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters shares interview highlights with ASCM CEO Abe Eshkenazi in conjunction with this years ASCM CONNECT 2023 Conference. The Event The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) recently concluded its ASCM CONNECT 2023 North America Conference.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group highlights the release of a second published research advisory on the Importance of supply chain and HR alignment for talent lifecycle needs. Talent recruitment challenges already existed in many industry areas prior to the global pandemic and have since grown more concerning.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this seventh weekly Supply Chain Matters reader update, we can now highlight that tentative labor agreements have been reached between the United Auto Workers and U.S. On Thursday of last week, we highlighted the announcement of a tentative agreement being reached with Ford Motor Company. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 6, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters capsule update commentary, we highlight published reports this week indicating that retailer Walmart is initiating added salaried staff reductions. In October of last year, the company announced a change involving the role of chief operations officer of the retailer’s U.S. with upwards of 1.7

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In this fifth Supply Chain Matters weekly reader update, we highlight the latest developments related to ongoing UAW labor strike involving the big three U.S. auto companies. This past week provided a different and unexpected set of events, at least for Ford Motor Company. auto worker will be a tall order.”

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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 22, 2013

. “The space occupied by procurement is not well understood by the CEO or the CFO in most companies, and in many cases is not well understood by the CPO themselves! There is a huge opportunity as organizations roll out category strategies, as these have a huge impact on the top line and the bottom line of the company.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 5, 2014

John Deere – Supply Chain Visibility – MBA Team: Jessica Newsome, Nithin Seshandri, Delia Smith, Bo Zhang – Project Sponsor: Mark Burton, John Deere. All of the projects were well scoped, out, and had a direct application to the companies. Advisor: Dianna Wenta, NC State.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 23, 2015

This is a guest post from Director Clyde Crider of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, based on an MBA panel he sat in on yesterday at NC State’s Poole College of Management. The companies represented on the panel were Advanced Auto Parts (who recently purchased Carquest), Amazon, Caterpillar and Patheon. .

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 12, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights a further development related to increased labor activism among global automakers, specifically electric vehicle producer Tesla’s additional announcement on wage increases. The global EV maker further indicated that the company would pay a 1,500 euro bonus to offset inflation levels in the country.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights a further development related to increased labor activism among global automakers, specifically electric vehicle producer Tesla. The global EV maker further indicated that the company would pay a 1,500 euro bonus this month to offset inflation levels in Germany. That may have substance from a U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 1, 2023

Supply Chain Matters updates readers on actions occurring yesterday as some Amazon workers across multiple facilities walked out to demonstrate grievances with management. The company has denied it violated federal labor laws and continues to indicate it will pursue remediation in federal court. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 12, 2023

The following is a continuation of a supply chain technology thought leadership education series developed in collaboration with Replan. Such an environment requires manufacturing and supply chain processes to be able to more proactively sense, pivot and respond to constant or rapidly changing market conditions.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In this fourth Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight this week’s developments related to ongoing UAW labor strike involving the big three U.S. auto companies. big three automakers with implications to their supply networks vs. prior strategies in targeting just one. Stay tuned. All rights reserved.

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TMC

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The well-known business adage that people are a company’s most important asset has taken on new significance in the supply chain industry over recent years. Companies have always needed smart, motivated professionals to design, build, and manage their supply chains. Compelling reasons.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 8, 2023

On this International Woman’s Day , Supply Chain Matters highlights for readers a United Nations report that places a spotlight on digital equality and equal rights. However, woman currently comprise just 30 percent of the workforce in the 20 largest global tech companies. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

The movement of talent was that people came into procurement and stayed forever because they had the relationships. You had the business relationship with the company, sort of an “old school relationship”, where knowing people for 25 years was a good thing. A great question indeed….

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2022

Let’s first play out chronology: On Wednesday of last week CEO Musk emailed employees a directive that they are required to spend at least 40 hours per week at company offices. Employees of the company have to be confused or concerned. He is also now leading two other companies and vying for a third, all concurrently.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 21, 2023

In this sixth Supply Chain Matters weekly reader update, we highlight the latest developments and ongoing implications related to United Auto Workers labor strike involving the big three U.S. auto companies. Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2018

We often talk about the importance of people, process, and technology in Supply Chain Management, but many times the people dimension gets the short end of the stick, especially when most of the headlines today are about cool technology trends like blockchain, artificial intelligence and driverless trucks. The Talent Ecosystem.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 8, 2022

This Editor thought it appropriate for Supply Chain Matters to share perspectives relative to women in supply chain management and businesses generally. Supply Chain Matters has been provided personal perspectives from female executives and contributors, some of which we wanted to share.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Take a supply chain view of the recruitment process. Map the process of keeping track of talent and understand from HR stakeholders – what the strategy is. Joanna shared an interesting example, as procurement is involved in both buying and supplying activities. ”I spend half my day creating RFPs –and half responding.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 15, 2016

An article published in the Wall Street Journal identifies what I have been saying for years now… Supply chain talent is a hot commodity! Many of the skills that we’ve identified in prior posts on this site have discussed the key skills and knowledge that recruiters are looking for in supply chain students.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 6, 2016

As in past years, we have been collecting these projects from our partner companies, and they reflect the on-going set of strategic challenges faced by these organizations as they work on building their supply chain capabilities. SCRC Supply Chain Maturity Model.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

The SCRC’s Supply Management Maturity Index was highlighted in a recent Wall Street Journal article , that identified the companies best prepared to weather the storm ahead in terms of supply chain disruptions. Supply Market Intelligence Enables Improved Ability to Control Inflation. Handfield, R.B.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2023

economy and for industry supply chains. Company executives attributed the performance declines to customers who moved business to other carriers in anticipation of a potential strike action. The Wall Street Journal indicated in May the existence of an atmosphere of rising tensions between companies and workers.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2017

And what you see is that when start-ups are acquired by a large company, they end up disappearing in the ocean of the big copany. Big companies take so much longer to do things. If you think about it, the reason a a startup can move more quickly is that they are 60 people, not 600. Start-ups are more agile.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 21, 2013

I recently visited with a large services company, and learned a few things talking to their supply chain recruiters that provided some great insights for students to think about. A good idea is to pick up a paper, and see if the company is in the news today. Your name just went to the bottom of the list. (It

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Marsh did not have centralized approach to supply chain management. Marsh is a 110 year old company, with the 3 rd generation of leadership. But because of their less mature supply chain organization, the net income percentage was in the low single digits. We would never move that material!”.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights results of a study conducted among U.S. One of the more noteworthy findings is reportedly that 76 percent of middle market manufacturers are reportedly reshoring or near shoring their production needs due to ongoing geopolitical and global supply chain challenges. percent, 1.8

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

In one company, the analytical team explored the relationship between economic activity, consumer demand, and demand for their products. The model is also being used to adjust company revenue and budget growth estimates – and can effectively be used to either curb or expand budgeted growth estimates based on these economic forecasting models.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I had an opportunity to work on a number of exciting projects this past year, and in the process, spent a lot of time talking about digital supply chains with a lot of really informed people. This will become especially important in healthcare supply chains , where data governance is abysmal for the most part.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 14, 2017

Kirk’s advice was I thought something that all supply chain students need to hear. Now he is running the company and he is trying to sell to me at Lenovo! Here they are. 10 Pieces of Career Advice from Kirk. Little things don’t mean a lot – little things mean everything. Burn your bridges and you better be a good swimmer.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this third Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. unionized auto companies. big three automakers with implications to their supply networks vs. prior strategies in targeting just one. Stay tuned.

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