If companies are to survive in today’s rapidly changing world, they need to align their strategies and supply chains with various megatrends, macrotrends and microtrends. To help them, Supply Chain Media has developed the Trend …
The increasing fragmentation of today’s markets implies that supply chains need to handle very different products and serve customers with different needs. Nevertheless, a lot of companies still work based on the ‘one-size-fits-all’ principle. In reality, …
It’s 2018; in mature companies, the board of directors includes a Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO). He – in spite of gender diversity efforts, the CSCO is still a man in most cases – reports …
There are a lot of software types available for supply chain: ERP, WMS, TMS, MES, APS, S&OP, GTM, Inventory Management, Demand Planning & Forecasting, Supply Chain Visibility, Shipment & Transport Execution Systems, Supply Chain Network …
Some companies run their Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process with great effectiveness. However, too often S&OP maturity and performance stalls, even when the S&OP processes and supporting systems are properly implemented. Niels van Hove, …
The unexpectedly strong and sustained growth in europe is leading to changes in international goods flows. Nearshoring is on the rise in eastern europe and morocco at the expense of offshoring in the far east. …
The latest Supply Chain Minute is live. Soccer is all about strategy, tactics and positions. Just like business. The company structure is like a soccer team formation: • marketing, sales and customer service as the strikers, the forwards; …
Globalization is increasing the frequency with which supply chains are affected by disruptions such as natural disasters and epidemics at some link in the chain. Such risk events can have far-reaching consequences and long-lasting impact. …
The second Supply Chain Minute is live, it's all about Strategy Mindmapping! 'The problem of just throwing strategic projects onto the workfloor is that there is no closed loop, just a distorted messaging through the company …
The video format continues to gain in importance, and time is becoming ever-more precious. The European media company Supply Chain Media has decided to combine these two trends by launching a series of one-minute videos …
Supply Chain Management is dead, according to a recent report by Harvard Business Review. But before everyone starts polishing up…
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