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Congrats to the Winners of the Supply Chains to Admire 2023

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, we published The Supply Chains to Admire for 2023. Supply Chains to Admire Winners 2023 Examine Your Own Paradigm. How Do You Define Excellence? Most supply chain leaders are stuck in their own paradigms. Many believe that an ex-supply chain exec knows the definition of supply chain excellence.

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A Story of Throwing the Baby Out With The Bathwater in Supply Chain Planning

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2004, I worked with a Midwest North American meatpacker to help define its supply chain strategy. Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat. What do I mean? To illustrate, let me share a story.

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Supply Chain Planning as a Career Choice – Trove of Gratification

Logility

Supply Chain Planning: The Gratifying Career Choice This is that time of the year when many people around me are getting ready to send their children off to college. That, combined with the last two years of massive supply chain breakdowns keep raising a question in my mind from time-to-time. What gives?

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6 Essential Procurement Training Courses for Professionals: How To Begin and Advance Your Career in Procurement

SCMDOJO

Whether you’re an aspiring procurement enthusiast or a seasoned professional aiming to advance your career, investing in procurement training and procurement training courses can be a game-changer. The fantastic employment options that procurement training opens up are among the most convincing arguments for doing so.

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A Practical Guide to Setting Up a Supply Chain Analytics Center of Excellence

AIMMS

It comes as no surprise that business and supply chain leaders are seeking new approaches to get ahead in the analytics age. Getting buy-in agreement and changing your company culture to embrace analytics is often more difficult. What is a Supply Chain COE? What is a Supply Chain COE?

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Enhancing Procurement Excellence Through the Power of Negotiation

Procurement Academy

Advance Procurement Excellence with Expert Negotiation Strategies With procurement excellence comes multidimensional skills. Strengthened supplier relationships arise from negotiation training. Managing bias – excellent negotiators understand how to manage their own biases and those of others to reach the best result.

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Predictive AI vs. Generative AI in Supply Chain Management

Resilinc

Learn how Resilinc is using predictive AI and generative AI to innovate supply chain risk management. In part one of our AI in supply chain blog series, “ How is AI Revolutionizing Supply Chain Risk Management?”, Predictive AI has been used in numerous unique applications outside the supply chain.