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Supply Chain Planning & Optimization

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The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding supply chain planning and optimization. New technologies in supply chain planning and optimization are transforming the way companies operate - and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are using planning tools and solutions for supply chain optimization.

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Episodes

  1. How Inventory Management Can Fix Broken Supply Chains

    Inventory management poses a huge challenge to retailers today — but it’s also the key to matching supply with demand in difficult times.

  2. Why Supply Chains Are Critical to the Success of Brands

    A lot of factors go into the success or failure of consumer brands, but one of them stands out today: the supply chain.

  3. Why Logistics Must Embrace A.I. Now

    Artificial intelligence promises huge benefits to the logistics sector — so why is it so slow in being fully adopted there?

  4. Managing Supply Chains in Crisis Areas: Lessons From an Expert

    How do you set up and maintain critical supply chains in some of the world’s most difficult environments?

  5. How to Stop Talking About Resilience — and Do Something About It

    When it comes to global supply chains, resilience is the buzzword of 2021. But are companies doing more than talking about it?

  6. How Should Shippers and Carriers Be Preparing for the Recovery?

    The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be subsiding. How should logistics providers and shippers be readying themselves for the “new normal”?

  7. Business ‘Reinvention’: Necessary for Survival

    If you think your business is in a comfortable place and securely on the road to continued profitability, you might need to think again.

  8. What’s Wrong With the Pharma Supply Chain?

    When it comes to efficient distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine and other drugs, the pharmaceutical supply chain is falling short. Read more.

  9. Supply-Chain Gaps: Lessons From the Pandemic

    The coronavirus pandemic has uncovered some unpleasant truths about the inability of global supply chains to withstand a disruption of such size and scope. Read more.

  10. Strategies for Bringing Manufacturing Back to the U.S.

    Easier said than done: that pretty well describes the task of shifting manufacturing out of China and back to the United States. Read more.

  11. Once, Nothing Was AI. Now, Everything Is.

    Artificial intelligence is everywhere in global business today, especially in the supply chain. But what exactly is this thing called “AI”? Read more.

  12. Should We Scrap Just-in-Time Supply Chains?

    With the pandemic disrupting global supply chains, should decades of just-in-time and Lean manufacturing practice be thrown out the window? Read more.

  13. In Survival Mode, Retail Goes Digital

    The pandemic didn’t launch the retail industry on the road to radical transformation. But it unquestionably sped the journey up. Read more.

  14. Supply-Chain Survival Strategies: Now and for the Future

    For businesses today, merely surviving the pandemic and economic downturn is tough enough — but not enough. Read more.

  15. Coming Out of the Crisis: A Playbook for Recovering Supply Chains

    If we didn’t think supply-chain risk management was all-important before, we know it now. Read more.

  16. Thinking Beyond the Panic: Sourcing Strategies After COVID-19

    The coronavirus pandemic is offering manufacturers a rare opportunity to reduce their dependence on sourcing from China. Read more.

  17. How the Coronavirus Affects Supply-Chain Risk: Three Perspectives

    The coronavirus pandemic has made the importance of practicing effective supply-chain risk management painfully evident. Read more.

  18. How Global Traders Can ‘Plan for Crazy’

    These are “crazy times” for global traders. Have the old methods of planning become useless? Read more.

  19. AI’s Radical Impact on Supply-Chain Planning

    Supply-chain planners can’t make sense of the chaos of data that’s available to them today, without the aid of artificial intelligence. Read more.

  20. Podcast | How Technology Is Super-Charging Supply-Chain Collaboration

    In the world of supply chain, “collaboration” is everyone’s favorite buzzword. But modern-day technology is investing the word with new meaning. Read more.

  21. How to Prepare for Supply-Chain Surprises

    LeBron James nearly sank Nike’s supply chain. Read more.

  22. Inventory Is ‘Evil’? Not So Fast

    It was Apple CEO Tim Cook who called inventory “fundamentally evil.” But a lot of manufacturers and retailers don’t seem to agree with him. Read more.

  23. Have We Finally Achieved the End-to-End Supply Chain?

    “The end-to-end supply chain” has been a buzzphrase for decades. Is it finally becoming a reality? Read more.

  24. Three Issues Plaguing the Retail Supply Chain – and How to Solve Them

    Ever-growing complexity and volatility are the unfortunate hallmarks of the modern-day consumer packaged goods (CPG) supply chain. How can retailers cope? Read more.

  25. Mapping the Nation’s Entire Food, Energy and Water Supply Chain – Really!

    For the first time ever, there’s a publicly available map of the food, energy and water supply chains of every community in the U.S. Read more.

  26. Will A.I. in Supply Chains Make Humans Obsolete?

    Artificial intelligence is just beginning to have an impact on global supply chains. Will it eventually take over the role of human managers entirely? Read more.

  27. When Forecasts Go Wrong – and Why

    Conventional wisdom says that the forecast is always wrong. Is that an excuse for demand planners to give up? Read more.

  28. The Problem of Technology Obsolescence

    Technological innovations these days seem to come and go with the speed of high fashion. Read more.

  29. Unlocking the Mysteries of the ‘Postmodern’ Consumer

    Welcome to the age of the “postmodern” consumer. And good luck trying to nail down the tastes and preferences of this strange new animal. Read More

  30. Can Big Data Get Too Big?

    Are businesses surfing the wave of big data? Or are they drowning in it? Read More

  31. Saving Your Company After a Data Breach

    Other than press the panic button, what actions should your company take in the event of a data security breach? Read More

  32. How A.I. Will Transform Shipping and Logistics

    Artificial intelligence promises to have a profound impact on the way in which shippers and carriers do business together. Assuming, of course, that they're able to make use of the wealth of data that the technology offers. Read More

  33. Blockchain’s Coming to the Supply Chain - Eventually

    Blockchain is being touted these days as a revolutionary way of maintaining global supply chains. Is it living up to that promise? Read More

  34. Can Customs Handle the E-Commerce Flood?

    A relatively high duty exemption for small packages imported into the U.S. is having all kinds of consequences for the flood of goods generated by e-commerce. Read More

  35. Can Brands Survive in the Age of Amazon?

    For many consumer brands today, it's a life-or-death struggle to stay relevant. Never mind loved. Read More

  36. How Crowdsourcing Can Help to Assess Financial Risk

    How do you tell if your supply-chain partners are financially solvent? The crowd knows. Read More

  37. 'Balancing Green': What's the Cost of Sustainability?

    Few issues in supply-chain management are more polarizing than that of environmental sustainability. Read More

  38. Air Traffic Control Privatization: Will It Solve Anything?

    The debate over privatization of the nation’s air traffic control system rages on. But is it skirting the real issue? Read More

  39. Let's Make a Deal: The Essentials of Successful Negotiating

    Just how do you make a deal, anyway? Read More

  40. Fighting Bribery and Corruption in Global Supply Chains

    The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is 40 years old, and it hasn’t aged a bit. Read More

  41. What Blockchain Means to Supply Chain

    Blockchain has the potential to transform supply chains. Read More

  42. Why Aren't Companies Automating Basic Business Processes?

    Order management ought to be the first candidate for streamlining and automation of business processes. So why is that task still stuck in another century? Read More

  43. Customs Compliance: Necessary Evil or Competitive Advantage?

    Customs-compliance rules are costly, burdensome, time-consuming … and a potential source of competitive advantage. There are two sides to trade regulation. Read More

  44. Supply Chains Must Pay Attention to Geopolitical Strife

    Rising diplomatic tensions in North Korea and around the world pose a serious threat to global supply chains. Many manufacturers have taken steps to protect their global operations from the effects of natural disasters. Read More

  45. How the Global Debt Crisis Threatens Your Supply Chain

    The world is overrun by debt. How can companies and supply chains protect themselves from the consequences of massive default? In the U.S. alone, debt currently stands at three and a half times GDP. Read More

  46. Understanding the World of Cryptocurrencies

    Are cryptocurrencies that next big thing in monetary markets? Or are they the next big bubble, just waiting to burst? It was the introduction of bitcoin nearly nine years ago that launched the concept of digital currencies, or cryptocurrencies. Read More

  47. Protecting Against Terrorist Threats to the Supply Chain

    Of all the potential disruptions to global supply chains today, terrorist attack might be the least understood, and the hardest to prepare for. Much of the time spent by companies looking to shore up their supply chains against disruption has been devoted to thinking about natural disasters —...

  48. Welcome to the Age of 'The Universal Trade War'

    Forget about trade friction between the U.S. and China. Now it's a global trade war. As more and more aggrieved countries jump into the game, we find ourselves in a world of retributive duties and other government actions against the ''dumping'' of goods in export markets. Read More

  49. High Or Low Interest Rates? Two Scenarios For The U.S. Economy

    "It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future." So said a Danish wit nearly 80 years ago. But when it comes to divining the direction of the economy, why try? Read More

  50. Networking: A Critical Skill for Supply-Chain Professionals

    Forget about the old style of business networking. ''Social'' networking has brought a whole new meaning to the term. Social networking is fast becoming a must-have skill in the business world — both for career advancement and for managing day-to-day operations. Read More

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The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding supply chain planning and optimization. New technologies in supply chain planning and optimization are transforming the way companies operate - and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are using planning tools and solutions for supply chain optimization.

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