This year, the CSCMP’s Annual Global Conference 2014 was held in San Antonio, Texas. The Educators’ Conference, which provides academics and students a forum to hear the latest in our research field, has become an integral part of it. As every year ( see my previous post from Denver last year ), several leading supply chain management journals have used this forum to present their best paper awards. MORE
Who would have said ten years ago that SCM is an exciting discipline? If we want to get a taste of what we will experience in SCM in the near future, we can look at how high-tech companies define it already now (see for example Microsoft’s definition of SCM ): It will be about true visibility across end-to-end processes – and these processes involve raw material suppliers, component suppliers, …, and ultimately consumers. MORE
Upon closing, the addition of LogFire will complement the logistics, warehouse management and Omni-channel fulfillment capabilities of the Oracle SCM Cloud product suite by adding augmented warehouse management capabilities. Oracle has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire LogFire, a provider of Cloud-based warehouse management applications. MORE
This article will show you 10 amazing SCM books that provide the information you can really use. The reason for this was to provide a list of "classic" scm books that people can study by themselves while working full-time. Are you a supply chain management professional who are looking for inspiring ideas to improve the operations of your supply chain? Background Early this year, I published one article named " 10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time ". MORE
QAD is far better known for their manufacturing than supply chain solutions. MORE
Maybe business schools should increase the proportion of IT knowledge in their SCM curricula? The volume, variety and velocity of business and supply chain data are increasing dramatically. At the same time, improved technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning , are already on the horizon. Ernst & Young has recently published an interesting report, titled Digital Supply Chain: It’s All About That Data. MORE
When analyzing the statistics of this blog, I found that SCM researchers appear to be very interested in posts concerning journal rankings, namely about the ABS Academic Journal Quality Guide and VHB-JOURQUAL. I would not have published them if I wasn’t sure journal rankings can be beneficial for our research community. MORE
Practice Theory Closed-Loop System Image Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Sustainability MORE
Matt is an expert in the subject and presented a session titled " Drones in the Supply Chain – Everything you Need to Know " to over 350 C-level executives during the SCM World Live Americas Conference last week. MORE
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 21) has begun near Paris today. Let us hope it does not fail again – like too many other conferences before. Indeed, time is slipping away and the world will face a bleak future if we do not act now. (A A prediction of this future can be found in Stager’s (2015) recent comment.) MORE
I just returned from a very inspiring 2018 SCM World Leaders Forum in London. While I attend several supply chain conferences in any given year, SCM World is a favorite of mine for a couple of reasons. Supply Chain Events Big data Cybersecurity SCM World thick data MORE
Download the latest SCM Cloud eBook to learn why supply chain leaders are moving their SCM applications to the cloud. To learn more about Oracle Supply Chain Management applications, please visit www.oracle.com/scm. MORE
The question is, what SCM software tool do they have to make that supply chain as accurate and as lean as possible? The post [Video] Ford Motor Company: Creating global data standards with SCM software appeared first on The 21st Century Supply Chain. MORE
For example, too often research has been considered as “good” research, just because the p -value passed a specific threshold – also in the SCM discipline. We should not ignore that researchers – in general but also in supply chain management – are not always as properly trained to perform data analysis as they should be. A highly visible discussion is currently going on regarding the prevalent misuses of p -values. MORE
Gartner acquires SCM World, a cross-industry peer network and learning community providing subscription-based research and conferences.”The Trends Aberdeen Research Accenture community gartner Gene Hall partnership peer network SCM World supply chain Supply Chain Media MORE
In the last couple of years, James Stock – who himself made a huge contribution to our discipline – conducted a series of interviews with leading logistics and SCM scholars. Sadly, some of these scholars have since passed away, but I am sure that their thoughts, as recorded in these interviews, will serve as a legacy for future generations of logistics and SCM scholars. It is certainly very insightful to read papers or books written by the leading scholars of our field. MORE
by Melissa Clow I’m happy to share that the following recorded webcast is now available: Concurrency: The new era of supply chain planning with Kevin O’Marah, Chief Content Officer, SCM World and Trevor Miles, Vice President of Thought Leadership, Kinaxis. MORE
Director Product Marketing, Oracle SCM Cloud. We’ve made the case elsewhere why a cloud-based solution such as Oracle SCM Cloud offers a compelling solution to this conundrum. 3 Keys to Value on Your Firm’s Cloud SCM Journey. A Faster, Safer Path to SCM Success. MORE
Today, John McNamara, SVP Sourcing, Adidas Group, visited me and my SCM students at Copenhagen Business School. He presented a case study about the supply chain processes for t-shirts. It was very insightful and also a lot of fun for my students (and me). MORE
Then, this article will show you some good resources that will help you handle the complexities in global scm. Data Collection What we want to do is to discover some good blogs covering various issues in global scm. If you find some other useful blogs that you would like to share, please let us know by dropping a line to bloggeradmin [at] supplychainopz [dot] com with the subject " Global SCM ". MORE
Concerning Oracle’s new improvements in the SCM cloud, user accessibility and ease-of-access will further drive adoption rates of cloud-based solutions, particularly TMS solutions. The use of cloud computing in supply change management is not some dark, forbidden territory any longer. MORE
The 3 Big Supply Chain Management Trends Surely to Change SCM as we know it Forever. ” SCM Core Trend #2: The Manufacturing Factory of the Future. “ SCM Core Trend #3: The Internet of Things to Greatly Impact the Supply Chain. MORE
But what can be done to avoid a disconnect between academics and practitioners in SCM research? Nobel’s article provides several ideas that could help SCM researchers to become more relevant. MORE
More recently, with the rise of interconnected systems, the analytics to derive value from those systems seems, and decreased costs, RFID is resurrecting as a solution for increasing supply chain management (SCM), visibility into processes, and reducing inventory tracking costs. Active Versus Passive RFID Tags in SCM. Both passive and active tags have been a subject of debate in SCM. Instantaneous inventory cycling reduces delays and speeds SCM. MORE
SCM World recently published The Digital Transformation Directive: Practical Approaches to Tackling Disruptive Technologies at the C-Suite. The report is based on conversations held when SCM World hosted a group of fifteen cross-industry CSCOs, COOs, and CPOs to discuss digitization, and to determine whether ‘digital’ was just another buzzword with hyped promises that would soon fade. Retail SCM World MORE
I believe we all have already experienced this: The same concept can sometimes be defined in very different ways by different authors. Conceptual clarity would certainly be great, but how can we achieve it? Think, for example, about concepts such as trust, integration or dependence. So, what do we really mean when we are talking about them? MORE
Today, I present Mentzer et al.’s ’s (2001) must-read article, Defining Supply Chain Management. MORE
A-graded SCM journals are: Production and Operations Management and Journal of Operations Management. No SCM journal received the best (A+) or the worst grade (D). The German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) is about to publish JOURQUAL 3 , a journal ranking based on the ratings of more than 1,100 VHB members. MORE
Three more SCM-related journals have announced the winners of best paper awards. First, the Journal of Operations Management has awarded the Jack Meredith Best Paper Award to Speier and her co-authors for their article Global supply chain design considerations: Mitigating product safety and security risks. Second, the Journal of Supply Chain Management has chosen the winner of the 2011 Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award. MORE
Who would have said ten years ago that SCM is an exciting discipline? If we want to get a taste of what we will experience in SCM in the near future, we can look at how high-tech companies define it already now (see for example Microsoft’s definition of SCM ): It will be about true visibility across end-to-end processes – and these processes involve raw material suppliers, component suppliers, …, and ultimately consumers. MORE
Then, this article will show you some good resources that will help you handle the complexities in global scm. Data Collection What we want to do is to discover some good blogs covering various issues in global scm. MORE
She challenges “recent perspectives that define quality as an alternative to global, industrial forms of production” and “finds that quality is also important for industrial food production and for the global geography of the surimi [a fish paste] seafood industry” In general, the author takes an interpretive approach – an approach that is almost absent in SCM research, and that might be inspirational for our otherwise empiricist discipline. MORE
SCM Map Europe 2013. Visuals 2013 Buck Consultants International distribution Manufacturing SCM Map Europe Supply Chain Movement Despite the economic malaise in Western Europe, multinationals are investing heavily in manufacturing and distribution in the eastern part of the continent. MORE
But what can be done to avoid a disconnect between academics and practitioners in SCM research? Nobel’s article provides several ideas that could help SCM researchers to become more relevant. MORE
Are business success and sustainability contradictory? A new whitepaper by Schmidpeter & Bungard, sponsored by DHL, is rather optimistic and argues that both goals can instead be mutually beneficial. The paper is titled Unlock the True Value of Your Supply Chain: Business Success through Sustainable Supply Chain Management. MORE
This week, SCM World have published their “SCM World University 100” ranking, which aims to list the best business schools for supply chain talent worldwide. I am very pleased that Copenhagen Business School’s SCM program was selected as one of the top 10 programs in the EMEA region. See the full list here: SCM World University 100. MORE
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The 21st Century Supply Chain
JULY 13, 2018
I just returned from a very inspiring 2018 SCM World Leaders Forum in London. While I attend several supply chain conferences in any given year, SCM World is a favorite of mine for a couple of reasons. Supply Chain Events Big data Cybersecurity SCM World thick data
SCM Research
JANUARY 20, 2018
Today, I present Mentzer et al.’s ’s (2001) must-read article, Defining Supply Chain Management.
SCM Research
DECEMBER 10, 2015
Today, John McNamara, SVP Sourcing, Adidas Group, visited me and my SCM students at Copenhagen Business School. He presented a case study about the supply chain processes for t-shirts. It was very insightful and also a lot of fun for my students (and me).
SCM Research
JULY 4, 2016
Who would have said ten years ago that SCM is an exciting discipline? If we want to get a taste of what we will experience in SCM in the near future, we can look at how high-tech companies define it already now (see for example Microsoft’s definition of SCM ): It will be about true visibility across end-to-end processes – and these processes involve raw material suppliers, component suppliers, …, and ultimately consumers.
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SCM Research
MARCH 1, 2018
Are business success and sustainability contradictory? A new whitepaper by Schmidpeter & Bungard, sponsored by DHL, is rather optimistic and argues that both goals can instead be mutually beneficial. The paper is titled Unlock the True Value of Your Supply Chain: Business Success through Sustainable Supply Chain Management.
SCM Research
AUGUST 25, 2017
She challenges “recent perspectives that define quality as an alternative to global, industrial forms of production” and “finds that quality is also important for industrial food production and for the global geography of the surimi [a fish paste] seafood industry” In general, the author takes an interpretive approach – an approach that is almost absent in SCM research, and that might be inspirational for our otherwise empiricist discipline.
SCM Research
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
This week, SCM World have published their “SCM World University 100” ranking, which aims to list the best business schools for supply chain talent worldwide. I am very pleased that Copenhagen Business School’s SCM program was selected as one of the top 10 programs in the EMEA region. See the full list here: SCM World University 100.
The 21st Century Supply Chain
APRIL 5, 2017
The question is, what SCM software tool do they have to make that supply chain as accurate and as lean as possible? The post [Video] Ford Motor Company: Creating global data standards with SCM software appeared first on The 21st Century Supply Chain.
The 21st Century Supply Chain
JANUARY 30, 2017
by Melissa Clow I’m happy to share that the following recorded webcast is now available: Concurrency: The new era of supply chain planning with Kevin O’Marah, Chief Content Officer, SCM World and Trevor Miles, Vice President of Thought Leadership, Kinaxis.
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PINC YMS
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
Matt is an expert in the subject and presented a session titled " Drones in the Supply Chain – Everything you Need to Know " to over 350 C-level executives during the SCM World Live Americas Conference last week.
SCM Research
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
A-graded SCM journals are: Production and Operations Management and Journal of Operations Management. No SCM journal received the best (A+) or the worst grade (D). The German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) is about to publish JOURQUAL 3 , a journal ranking based on the ratings of more than 1,100 VHB members.
SCM Research
JANUARY 23, 2017
Maybe business schools should increase the proportion of IT knowledge in their SCM curricula? The volume, variety and velocity of business and supply chain data are increasing dramatically. At the same time, improved technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning , are already on the horizon. Ernst & Young has recently published an interesting report, titled Digital Supply Chain: It’s All About That Data.
Supply Chain Matters
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
Upon closing, the addition of LogFire will complement the logistics, warehouse management and Omni-channel fulfillment capabilities of the Oracle SCM Cloud product suite by adding augmented warehouse management capabilities. Oracle has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire LogFire, a provider of Cloud-based warehouse management applications.
Cerasis
MARCH 1, 2018
More recently, with the rise of interconnected systems, the analytics to derive value from those systems seems, and decreased costs, RFID is resurrecting as a solution for increasing supply chain management (SCM), visibility into processes, and reducing inventory tracking costs. Active Versus Passive RFID Tags in SCM. Both passive and active tags have been a subject of debate in SCM. Instantaneous inventory cycling reduces delays and speeds SCM.
Supply Chain Opz
OCTOBER 27, 2013
This article will show you 10 amazing SCM books that provide the information you can really use. The reason for this was to provide a list of "classic" scm books that people can study by themselves while working full-time. Are you a supply chain management professional who are looking for inspiring ideas to improve the operations of your supply chain? Background Early this year, I published one article named " 10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time ".
Supply Chain Movement
JUNE 30, 2016
Gartner acquires SCM World, a cross-industry peer network and learning community providing subscription-based research and conferences.”The Trends Aberdeen Research Accenture community gartner Gene Hall partnership peer network SCM World supply chain Supply Chain Media
SCM Research
MARCH 24, 2016
I believe we all have already experienced this: The same concept can sometimes be defined in very different ways by different authors. Conceptual clarity would certainly be great, but how can we achieve it? Think, for example, about concepts such as trust, integration or dependence. So, what do we really mean when we are talking about them?
Supply Chain Opz
MARCH 21, 2014
Then, this article will show you some good resources that will help you handle the complexities in global scm. Data Collection What we want to do is to discover some good blogs covering various issues in global scm. If you find some other useful blogs that you would like to share, please let us know by dropping a line to bloggeradmin [at] supplychainopz [dot] com with the subject " Global SCM ".
Supply Chain Opz
MARCH 21, 2014
Then, this article will show you some good resources that will help you handle the complexities in global scm. Data Collection What we want to do is to discover some good blogs covering various issues in global scm.
SCM Research
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 21) has begun near Paris today. Let us hope it does not fail again – like too many other conferences before. Indeed, time is slipping away and the world will face a bleak future if we do not act now. (A A prediction of this future can be found in Stager’s (2015) recent comment.)
SCM Research
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
In the last couple of years, James Stock – who himself made a huge contribution to our discipline – conducted a series of interviews with leading logistics and SCM scholars. Sadly, some of these scholars have since passed away, but I am sure that their thoughts, as recorded in these interviews, will serve as a legacy for future generations of logistics and SCM scholars. It is certainly very insightful to read papers or books written by the leading scholars of our field.
Oracle SCM
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Download the latest SCM Cloud eBook to learn why supply chain leaders are moving their SCM applications to the cloud. To learn more about Oracle Supply Chain Management applications, please visit www.oracle.com/scm.
SCM Research
MARCH 31, 2016
For example, too often research has been considered as “good” research, just because the p -value passed a specific threshold – also in the SCM discipline. We should not ignore that researchers – in general but also in supply chain management – are not always as properly trained to perform data analysis as they should be. A highly visible discussion is currently going on regarding the prevalent misuses of p -values.
Supply Chain Movement
DECEMBER 9, 2013
SCM Map Europe 2013. Visuals 2013 Buck Consultants International distribution Manufacturing SCM Map Europe Supply Chain Movement Despite the economic malaise in Western Europe, multinationals are investing heavily in manufacturing and distribution in the eastern part of the continent.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 11, 2015
QAD is far better known for their manufacturing than supply chain solutions.
SCM Research
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
This year, the CSCMP’s Annual Global Conference 2014 was held in San Antonio, Texas. The Educators’ Conference, which provides academics and students a forum to hear the latest in our research field, has become an integral part of it. As every year ( see my previous post from Denver last year ), several leading supply chain management journals have used this forum to present their best paper awards.
Supply Chain Nation
JUNE 5, 2017
SCM World recently published The Digital Transformation Directive: Practical Approaches to Tackling Disruptive Technologies at the C-Suite. The report is based on conversations held when SCM World hosted a group of fifteen cross-industry CSCOs, COOs, and CPOs to discuss digitization, and to determine whether ‘digital’ was just another buzzword with hyped promises that would soon fade. Retail SCM World
SCM Research
MARCH 12, 2015
Practice Theory Closed-Loop System Image Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Sustainability
Oracle SCM
MARCH 5, 2018
Director Product Marketing, Oracle SCM Cloud. We’ve made the case elsewhere why a cloud-based solution such as Oracle SCM Cloud offers a compelling solution to this conundrum. 3 Keys to Value on Your Firm’s Cloud SCM Journey. A Faster, Safer Path to SCM Success.
Cerasis
MARCH 4, 2016
Concerning Oracle’s new improvements in the SCM cloud, user accessibility and ease-of-access will further drive adoption rates of cloud-based solutions, particularly TMS solutions. The use of cloud computing in supply change management is not some dark, forbidden territory any longer.
Cerasis
MAY 4, 2015
The 3 Big Supply Chain Management Trends Surely to Change SCM as we know it Forever. ” SCM Core Trend #2: The Manufacturing Factory of the Future. “ SCM Core Trend #3: The Internet of Things to Greatly Impact the Supply Chain.
SCM Research
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Three more SCM-related journals have announced the winners of best paper awards. First, the Journal of Operations Management has awarded the Jack Meredith Best Paper Award to Speier and her co-authors for their article Global supply chain design considerations: Mitigating product safety and security risks. Second, the Journal of Supply Chain Management has chosen the winner of the 2011 Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award.
SCM Research
OCTOBER 24, 2012
When analyzing the statistics of this blog, I found that SCM researchers appear to be very interested in posts concerning journal rankings, namely about the ABS Academic Journal Quality Guide and VHB-JOURQUAL. I would not have published them if I wasn’t sure journal rankings can be beneficial for our research community.
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