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Auto Supply Chain Prophets Podcast Wrap-up: Eps. 16-20

QAD

The foundation for many of our interviews comes from the best practices presented in our Delivering on the Promise of Delivery white paper that covers “The 24 Essential Supply Chain Processes”. He has spent the last 30 years writing about automotive design, engineering, manufacturing and management. Episode #16: The Shift to EVs.

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

Jaggaer

Procurement professionals around the world are sitting up and paying attention, especially in sectors with globally integrated supply chains. Since the outbreak of SARS in 2003, the last major epidemic to hit China, the country has become even more important as a source of key components and materials as well as finished consumer goods.

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Let the Design Begin…

Supply Chain Shaman

It was held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. On Wednesday, the theatre at the Michigan League was bursting at the seams to hold over 500 attendees. So, as I cleared my throat to present at the Summercon conference, I looked into the eyes of over 500 supply chain professionals. The conference was low-key. Reflections.

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7 Best Supply Chain Books of All Time

Supply Chain Opz

Therefore, the challenge to establish the ranking method is to find a more economical data source and the unbiased metrics. Our personal observation is that scholarly articles cite SCM books because most books present building block concepts and citations usually appear in the literature review section. The links below are #paid links.

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10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time

Supply Chain Opz

Therefore, the challenge to establish ranking method is to find more economical data source and unbiased metric. Our personal observation is that scholarly articles cite books because most books present building block concept in supply chain management and citations usually appear in the literature review section.

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Evans Distribution Systems Launches New Business Intelligence Tool: evans365

3PL Insights

Evans365 accesses and analyzes data sets from Evans’ warehouse management system and other data sources and presents findings graphically. We will continue to improve evans365 by integrating additional data sources and providing even more valuable metrics,” Evans says. This is only the beginning.

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Guest blog: With the Truck Driver Shortage, How Many More Drivers will be Enough?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

To help offer perspective, we took this question to Jason Miller, associate professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University. Our relationships with research firms and universities like Michigan State, combined with C.H. The answer is not simple and involves research and analysis across a number of factors.