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[Video] The State of Supply Chain Control Towers: Insights from Indago Supply Chain Research Community

Talking Logistics

In June 2023, we asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — if they are using control towers in their supply chain operations. Read more

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A Guided Tour Through the Qualitative Research City

SCM Research

Tate and Tingting Yan: A Guided Tour Through the Qualitative Research City. This is my first Journal of Supply Chain Management editorial. A Guided Tour Through the Qualitative Research City. Journal of Supply Chain Management , 60 (1). Wieland, A., Tate, W.L., & Yan, T.

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The State of Supply Chain Control Towers: Insights from Indago Supply Chain Research Community

Talking Logistics

In June 2023, we asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — if they are using control towers in their supply chain operations.

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Enhancing the Practical Relevance of SCM Research

SCM Research

One hundred years ago, practitioners were the lead researchers seeking to improve production processes. Fast forward to today, and there is a growing concern that our research is losing touch with real-world practice. But making research relevant is not enough. Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research. Toffel, M.W.

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How to Optimize Your Supply Chain in Times of Disruption

Disruptions expose gaps in the supply chain and amplify problems. Research by GEP and North Carolina State University shows how tech can fix the gaps and ensure supply chain resilience and optimization. What can be done? Download now!

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Using Supply Chain Databases in Academic Research

SCM Research

In recent years, academic articles that use supply chain databases have become more and more common in SCM-related journals. Bloomberg SPLC, FactSet Supply Chain Relationships, and Mergent Supply Chain) were originally not developed for use in academic research, but for use in business practice.

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Integrating Generative AI Into SCM Research

SCM Research

ChatGPT) presents unique challenges to the academic research community. Many researchers are unsure how and when to report their use of such tools, and some even suggest that ChatGPT should be credited as a co-author. The emergence of generative AI tools (e.g., Spanjol, J., & Noble, C.H.

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New Buyer's Guide for Supply Chain Network Design

Many companies are looking to redesign their supply chain network to lower costs, improve service levels and reduce risks in the new year. To help you start 2021 strong, we updated our popular Buyer's Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Software with research insights and learnings. What’s inside?

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Supply Chain Network Design: What Are Your Options?

Speaker: Paul van Nierop, Senior Supply Chain Consultant, AIMMS

Is your organization becoming more mature when it comes to designing your end-to-end supply chain network? Then you’ll enter the difficult phase of researching the various optimization technologies that are available. This webinar shares: What is supply chain network design? A short demo of AIMMS Network Design.

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Supply Chain Planning Maturity – How Do You Compare to Peers?

Today's supply chains are networked, global ecosystems. How prepared are supply chain teams to react and recover from a planning maturity stance? An event upstream in a different country or region can cause considerable disruption downstream. The COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme example of how this unfolds in practice.

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Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020

Find out what's essential to supply chain excellence. Research insights on new technologies. Get insights in this Gartner report to find out where to invest and what you should adopt as standard business practices. What’s inside? Gartner’s latest recommendations on tried and true capabilities. Vendors you can work with.

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Buyer's Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Software

Network design as a discipline is complex and too many businesses are still relying on spreadsheets to design and optimize their supply chain. It presents the findings of a recent network maturity quiz carried out among dozens of supply chain professionals and draws on Supply Chain Insights' research findings on this topic.

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Just In: Inventory Optimization Research

Find out in this new research report. It’s a debate as old as supply chains themselves. This new guide exposes many of these vulnerabilities and sheds light on how supply chain teams are adapting to the "new normal." How are organizations performing on inventory optimization? Inventory: asset or liability?

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Gartner Report: Everything You Need to Know About Supply Chain Control Towers

This Gartner report, provided complimentary of TadaNow, provides answers to questions that Supply Chain leaders in Manufacturing companies have –– from definitions and scope to framework, how to leverage it all, and best practices. Some of the points covered are: Research –– Control tower definition, scope, and framework.

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Top 5 Barriers to Supply Chain Network Design Adoption and How to Overcome Them

Speaker: Brian Dooley, Director SC Navigator, AIMMS, and Paul van Nierop, Supply Chain Planning Specialist, AIMMS

This on-demand webinar shares research findings from Supply Chain Insights, including the top 5 obstacles that bog you down when trying to improve your network design efforts: Poor data quality. When you finally have the analysis, everything has changed, and it is no longer relevant. Lack of skilled resources.