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It’s Long Overdue: Time to Bridge the Link Between Planning and Execution

Logistics Viewpoints

However, without clear guidelines, rules management, and collaborative frameworks, decision-making paralysis ensues, impeding progress and stifling innovation. Bridging this technological divide requires a concerted effort to harmonize data flows and establish a unified source of truth.

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Time to Rethink Sourcing Rare Earth Elements

Supply Chain Game Changer

Strategic National Stockpiles and Sourcing for the National Interest! These Rare Earth Elements have long ago been abandoned for mining and processing here in the United States and are part of our reliance on Chinese sources of supply. Lead by innovation. sourcing #rareearthelements. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Procurement Leaders ’17: Supplier enabled innovation is a foundation for procurement’s strategic repositioning

NC State SCRC

I had the opportunity to sit in on a number of sessions at Procurement Leaders American Congress 2017 in Miami this week. Innovation is our life blood – not just with products, but with processes, in the way we are organized and the way we use technology. What is a culture of innovation? If you think it is Innovation – it is!

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How supply chain managers are looking at sustainability

ModusLink Corporation

Some of our executives recently attended SCM World Live in Miami. While the reprieve from winter was probably appreciated, the key driver for our attendance is that the organization brings together a large number of innovative, successful, front-line supply chain practitioners who openly discuss problems and solutions.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2015

Talking Logistics

In my opinion, the best source of practical knowledge and advice are your peers — that is, executives just like you who have already met and overcome the same challenges and opportunities you face today. The title of my presentation is Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results: Why Innovation Matters in a Fast-Changing World.

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Logility and New Generation Computing Launch Supply Chain Traceability Solution Documenting Chain of Custody from Cotton Source to Importer of Record

Logility

Blockchain Allows Brand Owners and Retailers to Trace Source Materials Ahead of Pending U.S. ATLANTA/MIAMI — December 3, 2020 — Logility, Inc., ATLANTA/MIAMI — December 3, 2020 — Logility, Inc., Legislation Related to Forced Labor in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

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Marketing during Crisis and Recession, Part 1

Enterra Insights

”[3] She explains, “You must add creativity and innovation to the mix. Therefore, organizations should evaluate their news sources and news itself before communicating with customers and making decisions.” This is the time to really earn your salary as a marketer.