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XX and XY: A Different World in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

It is such a very different landscape than the green mountains of my farm in West Virginia or my city streets in Philadelphia. I jeopardized the release date of the book by taking an extra three months to finish the Supply Chain Index work. Since supply chain can be a bit boring, I made it into a narrative.

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Supplier Engagement Best Practices – Key Takeaways From Our Webinar

SupplyShift

The need for supplier engagement has never been greater — an engaged supply chain drives impact and lays the foundation for businesses to collaborate with suppliers to address our most pressing sustainability issues. As Virginia Covo of AB InBev rightly mentioned during the webinar, supplier engagement is a journey.

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Supplier Engagement Best Practices – Key Takeaways From Our Webinar

SupplyShift

The need for supplier engagement has never been greater — an engaged supply chain drives impact and lays the foundation for businesses to collaborate with suppliers to address our most pressing sustainability issues. As Virginia Covo of AB InBev rightly mentioned during the webinar, supplier engagement is a journey. .

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A New Red Wagon?

Supply Chain Shaman

I grew up in the mountains of West Virginia. There are seismic shifts occurring between industries in value chains. The Supply Chain Index is the rate of supply chain improvement. Therefore, a company like BASF with a mature supply chain ranks 25 out of 30 for the post-recession period of 2010-2016.

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Digitized Procurement: Your Setting-off Point to Autonomy

Jaggaer

Supply-Chain and Invoice automation. As JAGGAER Product Marketing Director, Greg Holt, explained in our webinar on the topic : Digital transformation in procurement is not just automation. Rule-based recommendations. Smart Assistant. Self-maintained data quality. Intelligent Procurement. Sourcing automation.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Merchants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, and Walmart say the rising stocks signal a recovery from last year’s shortages driven by supply-chain disruptions and put them in a strong position to take advantage of consumer demand this holiday shopping period. The largest U.S. That’s all for this week.

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Q&A: “Made In USA” Documentary Filmmaker Stresses More Americans Gain Awareness of Manufacturing Ahead of UCan Zippers Visit

GlobalTranz

We’re so disconnected from our supply chain, I’m not sure if we’ll ever be able to fix it. However, leading up to 2020 I will research and explore two positions granted I’m still living in West Virginia. It’s saddening. Those two positions would be U.S. House of Representatives and the governor’s race.