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Network Supply Chain Transformation at UScellular

Logistics Viewpoints

The Association for Supply Chain Management ( ASCM ) hosted its annual conference, ASCM CONNECT , on September 18 – 20 in Chicago. As such, I assumed that supply chain wasn’t a core competency. Network Supply Chain Restructure. I typically think of supply chains with a mix of SKUs in a make-to-stock process.

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Circular Supply Chain Transformation

SCM Research

We have just released a new report, entitled Circular Supply Chain Transformation: Challenges, Opportunities, and Trade-Offs for Circular Smartphones and Computers.

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One Multinational’s Supply Chain Transformation Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

A large multinational is undergoing an impressive supply chain transformation that will run through 2023. A Complex Supply Chain. Not surprisingly a company this big, delivering different solutions to a variety of industries, has a complex supply chain. A Transformation Journey. It takes time.

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Heura Uses ToolsGroup for Digital Supply Chain Transformation to Support Global Expansion

ToolsGroup

With ToolsGroup’s AI-powered demand forecasting, the plant-based food innovator revolutionizes its supply chain, maximizing accuracy, speed, and business performance. As Heura’s business grew, so did the complexity of its supply chain.

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Sustainable Product Packaging Impacts Supply Chain Transformation

QAD

For many well-known products, the manufacturing has the packaging shapes, sizes and colors copyrighted so no other product can look like theirs. In today’s rapidly evolving consumer landscape, the way products are packaged plays a pivotal role in the success of consumer goods manufacturing and the overall supply chain.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

A transformation that is based on the idea that by putting in new applications the company will automate a process, or processes, and provide more and better data to make decisions, is a poor foundation for a true transformation. In one article , Mr. Sorenson points out that IBP works better for small manufacturers than large ones.

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Global Study Reveals 52% of Vital Digital Supply Chain Transformation Efforts Hamstrung by Skills and Labor Crunch

ToolsGroup

Leaders surveyed in third annual ToolsGroup and CSCMP report are “extremely concerned” about external supply chain threats but lack people to make transformation succeed. From January to March 2022, CSCMP and ToolsGroup surveyed more than 300 supply chain professionals around the world.