Checklist for network design
A company's ability to evaluate multiple 'what-if' scenarios and make rapid decisions with a high level of confidence is what keeps supply chains moving during disruptions like COVID-19. But what can you do if you …
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Checklist for pricing optimization
Supply chain management, forecasting and planning go hand in hand with sales and the pricing strategy. Therefore, the technology behind all these aspects must be tightly interconnected if the organization wants to transition from a …
Checklist for predictive tracking
As visibility becomes increasingly fundamental to transportation and logistics operations, predictive estimated times of arrival (ETAs) are entering the picture to reduce transportation costs and improve margins. While the industry has functioned with loose ETA …
Gender diversity checklist for HR managers
It is far from easy for talented female professionals to fulfill their potential at work. Supply Chain Media has previously published a checklist so that female high potentials can assess whether they themselves are doing …
Gender diversity checklist for managers
Lack of gender diversity is a persistent problem in the workplace. The topic has been a key priority for senior executives for years, because diversity makes an important contribution to innovation, but little has improved …
Checklist: How visibility can become predictive
10 questions about real-time transportation visibility: How visibility can become predictive. Transportation visibility is gaining momentum and fast becoming a 'must have' solution for many companies, regardless of their size, geography or industry. According to IBM, 84% …
Checklist strategic shipments
Real-time visibility has become essential to build a responsive, resilient, and competitive supply chain, and most companies are looking to invest in this kind of solution in the coming years. And this is no surprise …
Checklist for optimizing transport procurement
Most companies with a Transport Management System (TMS) in place have a wide range of transport data available to use in transport optimization efforts or as the basis for transport tenders. Without access to external …
Checklist for B2B webinars
10 questions about organizing succesful B2B webinars During the coronavirus crisis, webinar have proved to be a good alternative to face-to-face events. A webinar can be arranged quickly and at a relatively low cost, but how …
Checklist for trade compliance in the supply chain
10 questions about the regulations relating to cross-border freight flows Most supply chains are international nowadays due to continuing globalization and the extensive outsourcing of production activities to low-wage countries. Trade compliance – adherence to international …
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Supply chain salary surveys reveal gender wage gap
The results of an inaugural survey published by Apics, an American association for supply chain management, in May 2018 reveal…
