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Supply Chain Matters Podcast Episode 17- Needs for More Diverse Supply Chain Talent from the Lens of Technology.

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog announces the availability of the Supply Chain Matters Podcast Episode 17- Needs for More Diverse Supply Chain Talent from the Lens of Technology. There is a growing consensus that existing supply chain and talent management processes and technology need a rethink.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Organizations must use every means at their disposal to keep goods moving while at the same time preventing their most important resource – their talent – from jumping ship at an alarming pace. resigned from their jobs in durable goods manufacturing. Reroute orders to other warehouses and manufacturing locations.

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Planned Obsolescence in the Durable Goods Industry

Logility

To some extent durable goods manufacturers can predict aggregate demand based on the average useful life for their products. percent in May as demand for transportation equipment fell 1.0 The consumer durable industry is experiencing rapid product innovation. That followed a 1.0 percent decrease in durable goods orders in April.

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Planned Obsolescence in the Durable Goods Industry

Logility

To some extent durable goods manufacturers can predict aggregate demand based on the average useful life for their products. percent in May as demand for transportation equipment fell 1.0 The consumer durable industry is experiencing rapid product innovation. That followed a 1.0 percent decrease in durable goods orders in April.

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Robotic Process Automation and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Quirk cites a 2017 study published by the Information Services Group (ISG) that concluded, “This kind of automation technology is allowing for a 43 percent reduction in resources needed for order-to-cash processes, 34 percent for invoicing, and 32 percent for vendor and talent management.” ”[6].

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Is There a Third Option for SCM Executives Looking to Revamp their Supply Chain Management Operations?

Kinaxis

Many organizations with established SCM operations have been working with third-party logistics firms for decades, largely eliminating the use of in-house transportation fleets. A similar trend emerged in the electronics manufacturing sector. Today, starting up a high-tech manufacturing operation is economically unviable.

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State of Supply Chain Management

MIT Supply Chain

Strategies such as near-shoring – where manufacturing operations are brought closer to home markets – are among the SCM responses to distribution’s shifting kaleidoscope of delivery options. The pace at which networks are reconfigured will increase as new innovations emerge. We have been observing this trend for some time.