In 2021, the waves of the pandemic started to quickly unravel supply chains across the world. Manufacturing plants slowed or even closed, ports experienced unprecedented back-ups, and transportation ...

We’ve all heard that you can’t improve what you don’t measure. In the supply chain function, negotiation is a critical skill for procurement professionals. Yet, while many companies evaluate ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Like any part of an organization, supply chain planning has its obstacles and rewards. When approaching planning, often organizations either mix short-term and mid-term planning in one process or ...

New regulations aim to bring drone component manufacturing onshore, creating short-term supply chain challenges but setting ...

The procurement process is composed of symbiotic moving parts. When components don’t communicate efficiently, breaks in the supply chain occur, causing costly errors, lost time and missed ...

I’ve talked to companies that implement supply chain software as a way of triggering a digital supply chain transformation. In some cases, these companies have a hard time articulating what “digital ...

A supply chain facilitates the timely flow of materials and products from suppliers to manufacturers to distributors (wholesalers) to distribution channels (e.g., retailers, clinics/hospitals, ...

Robotics, too, offers a future in which human labor is chiefly reserved for work requiring intelligence and judgment rather than brawn alone. Repetitive tasks, such as hauling heavy carts from one ...

Navigating the complexities of supply chain management can be daunting, especially for small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) who may have limited resources and competing priorities. But there ...