Supply chains have undergone dramatic changes over the last two decades. “The design process must mature to capture the complexity, volatility and uncertainty of the competitive environment in which modern supply chains operate,” says Milena Janjevic, Jarrod Goentzel and Matthias Winkenbach from MIT. READ MORE at Supply Chain Management Review
“The most proactive supply chain executives are moving beyond their reputation for efficiencies to help drive customer centricity and the C-suite growth agenda,” says Accenture research, which also showed half of supply chain leaders cited a lack of a ‘change-ready’ culture as their biggest impediment to success.” READ MORE at Supply Chain Management Review Xenon [...]
We hear less about one of the enabling technologies that makes the others possible: the Cloud. The possibilities that the Cloud opens up to the supply chain are multiplying at breakneck speed. And Gary Forger says it’s happening for two primary reasons. To begin, the Cloud itself is evolving. Very quickly. Second, that evolution is [...]
Supply chains don't just need to be visible — they also need to be transparent, says Alexis Bateman, director of MIT Sustainable Supply Chains. “Visibility is knowing what's happening as your product is extracted, transformed, and moved along the supply chain. But there's an additional element of transparency, which is disclosure.” Read the challenges of doing [...]
Economic recessions occur about every 9 years, says Henry Canitz from Logility, which means the next one is already overdue. “A very good leading indicator of an imminent recession is the interest rate spread between the 10-year and 2-year U.S. Treasury bond.” What supply chain data should you focus on to spot a potential downturn? [...]
