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Introducing a Supply Chain Logistics Maturity Model

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: The following post introduces a research report published recently, “Supply Chain Logistics Maturity Model.” The research, conducted by Adelante SCM and commissioned by SAP, led to the creation of a Supply Chain Logistics Maturity Model.

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The Role of Supply Chain Planning in Today’s Complex Business Environment

Logistics Viewpoints

Over the past five years, supply chains have faced unprecedented challenges. E-commerce demands, trade pressures, and increasingly complex supplier networks have necessitated executives to raise concerns about their supply chain operations. Who is responsible for Supply Chain Planning?

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Manhattan Associates Joins a Select Group of SCM Software Vendors in the Billion Dollar Club

Logistics Viewpoints

Manhattan joins a select group of supply chain software suppliers generating over $1 billion in annual revenue. The WMS solution optimizes productivity and throughput in distribution centers and warehouses. The company also sells supply chain planning and transportation management solutions.

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Unmasking the Supply Chain: How Blockchain Brings Transparency and Trust

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chains, which facilitate the movement of products from manufacturers to consumers, have historically encountered issues such as inefficiency, fraud, and a lack of transparency. ERP & SCM Systems (2000s2015): Centralized ERP suites (e.g.,

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience? Think this is possible? The reason?

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The Best Ways to Use Project Management to Build Resilient Supply Chains Amid Global Disruptions

SCMDOJO

Supply chains are the backbone of global trade that ensure the smooth movement of goods and materials across industries. One of the most effective strategies for building resilience is integrating project management into supply chain operations. A well-managed supply chain does not just survive crises it thrives in them.

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AI-Tuned Pricing and Inventory Strategies are the Way Forward for Retailers

Supply Chain Brain

By harnessing the growing power of AI to not only sense demand at a very fine-grain, real-time level, but also to govern decisions about pricing and inventory. And that’s not forecasting; it’s modeling. That’s what AI is capable of doing. The human brain has limitations. It also has great, unlimited imagination.