Last week, I had the privilege of moderating a virtual Leaders in Action (LIA) event on the theme of “Redefining Resilience.” Sixteen COOs and CSCOs of large global companies joined…
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Beyond Supply Chain
Weekly column from our research team. No-holds-barred comment on supply chain practices and their impact on the broader political, social and economic landscape.
Power of the Profession
Weekly column from the SCM World Research Team. Topical opinion and insight on what’s hot in the end-to-end supply chain and its impact on business and society.
Entering the decade with aspirations of new hopes and opportunities, we were suddenly stricken with a global pandemic. COVID-19 has posed many unexpected challenges in all aspects of life around…
For many organizations, control towers are designed as war-room-like environments that focus heavily on visualization and dashboards, but few are leveraged as analytics-driven, decision-support tools. They are still more functionally siloed in their setup…
It’s difficult to envision anything these days without viewing it through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic. The topic of digitalization and automation is no different. In the fourth quarter…
Human safety is a major focal point during the COVID-19 pandemic. A variety of methods, including social distancing and wearing masks, can improve human safety. Taking these precautions, we expect…
Factories are volatile environments. Varying utilization rates, staffing levels and staggered shifts — and the new demand to create a consistently safe work environment — each have their own challenges…
“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” – Mark Twain Every year, as part of Gartner’s Supply Chain Top 25 research, we identify three mega-trends driven by the most…
Creating a great future supply chain vision is an aspiration I hear from most supply chain leaders, yet I find many are struggling to achieve that goal. They see the…
It is overly simplistic to believe that a digital control tower will be the answer to improving supply chain resilience and agility — especially for organizations that have not outsourced…
In the last Beyond Supply Chain blog, my colleague Stan Aronow addressed the need for a much harder look at ourselves and encouraged us to seek what might be uncomfortable…
