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ZF’s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

ZF Began their Digital Resilience Transformation 20 Years Ago! I interviewed John Sobeck, Vice President Material Management Services and Supply Chain 4.0 at the ZF Group, about their digital supply chain transformation journey. The Transition from Lean to Resilience.

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How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation? Think Less Planning, More Real-Time Decision-Making

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chains, after all, are very appropriately named — and the old saying about a chain being only as strong as its weakest link holds true here. What’s more, today’s supply chains operate at lean levels. The post How Can CIOs Accelerate Supply Chain Transformation?

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

GEON Embarks on a Digital Transformation GEON Performance Solutions is embarking on a supply chain transformation. Their vision guiding this transformation is the creation of a highly effective IBP process. The improved costing information will then be used to improve the supply chain planning model.

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Hostess Brands Turnaround Driven by a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

as a supply chain guy, I just love hearing about a business turn around that was largely driven by a more effective supply chain. That, as Tuesday's financial news proves, was clearly the case with Hostess Brands.

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Five Key Supply Chain Planning Capabilities for Fashion Products

ToolsGroup

Brands like American Eagle Outfitters focused on inventory optimization and flexibility, supply chain transformation, lower SKU counts and fewer shipments per order for improved supply chain performance.

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DELMIA Communities Week in Review for July 26th

DELMIA Quintiq

Collaborative Lean Operations. With eight active communities, you are sure to find at least one to suit your DELMIA interests. Connect with us to exchange and share on the DELMIA Communities. See you there! Find out how by listening to the recording of our webcast Optimized Logistics Planning: The Road to Cost Reduction and Delivery Accuracy.

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10 Outstanding Books for SCM Professionals

Supply Chain Opz

Lastly, editorial opinion is applied to make the final top 10 list. The most interesting thing is about the approach of OM/OR related books, they are now more friendly to practitioners than in the past. All of the top new books demonstrates the same thing, they''re different by design.

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