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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

On our budget then, this felt like a fortune and fueled my interest in energy policy. Pharmaceutical manufacturer Amgen built a new biomanufacturing plant in Singapore that uses 70% less carbon than traditional facilities. Reducing inventory saves money but also reduces waste, because obsolete inventory becomes another problem.

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Now Is the Right Time for Supply Chains To Do the Right Things

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Covid-19 aftermath is so deeply engraved that in future, we can actually explain this phase as: BC “Before Covid-19” and AD “After Disease recovery” It has forced world leaders, policy makers, businesses to shift their focus to a survival mode for the most part of 2020. Manufacturing Planning.

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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

A North American-based survey of nearly 200 supply chain professionals from top CPG, distribution/wholesale, food and beverage, manufacturing, and retail companies found that 58% of respondents are still in the exploring or evaluating phases of digital transformation.

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Ten Supply Chain Predictions for 2023

NC State SCRC

Inventory will remain bloated for the first half of 2023, – and supplier relationships will be tested. For instance, a large apparel brand requested about 20 of their largest textile mills (many in Pakistan, Singapore, China, and other regions) to travel all the way to San Francisco for a “Vendor Summit”.

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Will inflation rage the longest in the UK?

Taulia

We surveyed 550 senior stakeholders at companies with revenues of more than $750 million USD across the USA, UK, Germany, and Singapore. These ongoing cost pressures are likely to be passed on to the British consumer: 40% of UK businesses reported plans to increase prices, significantly ahead of the US 33%, Germany 29%, and Singapore 28%.

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Xiaomi & The Supply Chain Behind the World's Highest Valued Smartphone Startup

Elementum

High Quality Suppliers, Demand-Driven Manufacturing and Longer Device Lifetimes. In the end, his diligence paid off—Xiaomi now partners with the world’s most highly touted hardware manufacturers including Sharp, Foxconn, and Wintek. Though Xiaomi saved money on inventory costs, the public was often left pining.

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Xiaomi & The Supply Chain Behind the World's Highest Valued Smartphone Startup

Elementum

High Quality Suppliers, Demand-Driven Manufacturing and Longer Device Lifetimes. In the end, his diligence paid off—Xiaomi now partners with the world’s most highly touted hardware manufacturers including Sharp, Foxconn, and Wintek. Though Xiaomi saved money on inventory costs, the public was often left pining.