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Supply Chain Education and Certification – What’s Missing?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Quantum Leap to the Top 10 Supply Chain Skills of the Future! The phrase “Supply Chain Management” was originally coined by Keith Oliver in 1982 and subsequently gained increasing popularity as its usage was proliferated in books and language.

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The Food Supply Chain is a Natural Home for Blockchain Technology

Enterra Insights

Over a century ago, the late English educator Frederick William Hackwood wrote, “Man has to eat to live; and to this primary condition of life he raises no particular objection. In other words, the traceability of food in the supply chain can be important for all stakeholders from farmers to consumers. ”[2].

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How to Move Forward with Reverse Logistics

Talking Logistics

The same goes for many planned and well-organized supply chain processes – they carry with them the threat of unplanned and unintended events, especially when moving product from the point of origin to its final destination. Brooks Bentz is President, Supply Chain Consulting Services at Transplace. Customer returns.

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Navigating Returns: Five Strategies for Shippers to Reduce Return to Origin

Locus

Returns is an integral component of logistics and supply chain management. What are Returns in logistics? Returns, in the context of logistics, is the process of moving goods from their final destination back to the manufacturer or point of origin for multiple reasons. Reasons Why Shippers Face Returns?

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Fueling Success: Career in Supply Chain Guide

SCMDOJO

In this blog, explore vital tips paving the way for a prosperous career in supply chain management. Whether you’re a recent graduate or contemplating a career change, uncover key insights for establishing the groundwork of a thriving career in the dynamic world of supply chain. Lucky for you.

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People-Centric Transformations, Building Sustainable Supply Chains and Cognition – The Next Frontier in Supply Chains

BlueYonder

Highlights from the High-Tech Industry Summit Blue Yonder’s High-Tech Industry Summit, cosponsored by Microsoft and Ernst & Young LLP , brought together over 50 supply chain practitioners from 18 diverse high-tech companies to Microsoft’s Technology Center in Mountain View, California, in October. Kudos to the Micron team!

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Technology and the Supply Chain: What Does the Future Hold?

Kinaxis

Decades later and a sizable amount of that technology has hit the mainstream market (can anyone say Apple Watch ?) So what does my nostalgic look back at my childhood have to do with the future of supply chains? The WEF report focuses on five shifts that will directly influence supply chain. Apparently everything.