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The Biden Presidency, Electric Vehicles, and a Golden Opportunity

The Biden presidency presents a golden opportunity for the private sector across North America to work with government to shorten and secure the supply chains of critical minerals and kickstart the electric vehicle revolution for industry and consumers.

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Significant Due Diligence Needed To Rebut Forced Labor Presumption in New Prevention Act

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Reshoring: Myth or Reality? Here’s What You Need To Know

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Finding the Low-Hanging Fruit in Automation

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How to Become a Successful Female Mentor in the Packaging Industry

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Top Supply Chain Projects: How Project Management Keeps Supply Chains Afloat Despite Disruptions

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L.I.N.K. | How and Why Coca-Cola Values Truck Driving Careers

After a large investment in an educational program for trucking, an executive from Coca-Cola UNITED joins the podcast to describe the program and why large companies need to invest in trucking careers.

Supply & Demand Chain Executive Opens Nominations for 3rd Annual Women in Supply Chain Award

This award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network.

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Diverse Backgrounds Help Build Supply Chains Stronger

May 3, 2022

Four of this year’s Pros to Know winners from SAP sat down to talk all things supply chain, how the pandemic has affected the way companies do business, what advice they would give their younger selves and more.

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The Biden Presidency, Electric Vehicles, and a Golden Opportunity

The Biden presidency presents a golden opportunity for the private sector across North America to work with government to shorten and secure the supply chains of critical minerals and kickstart the electric vehicle revolution for industry and consumers.

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Significant Due Diligence Needed To Rebut Forced Labor Presumption in New Prevention Act

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) takes effect on June 21 and seeks to ensure that goods produced using forced labor do not enter the United States.

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Reshoring: Myth or Reality? Here’s What You Need To Know

Without a doubt, today’s supply chains are more globalized than ever before.

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Finding the Low-Hanging Fruit in Automation

We've all heard the term "low-hanging fruit," and it's a very appropriate one in business. What can get you the biggest impact for the least (relatively speaking) effort and investment.

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Top Supply Chain Projects: How Project Management Keeps Supply Chains Afloat Despite Disruptions

Let's meet the winners of this year's Top Supply Chain Projects award.

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Survey Reveals ERP Woes for SME Merchants

Small U.S. merchants say major ERP projects take six months longer than they were told (an average 195-day delay), and that ERP implementation fees cost merchants one-third (34%) more than predicted on average.

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Industrial Cobot Transforms Packaging, Palletizing Process

The UR20 cobot features an entirely new joint design that will allow for even faster cycle times as well as the ability to handle heavier loads.

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Building a Sustainable Future with CPQ Solutions

As the world continues to face the challenges of climate change, manufacturers will need to step up and find ways to operate sustainably.

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How Improving Energy Efficiency in Warehouses Can Strengthen the Supply Chain

While ships float offshore from ports for weeks on end and major manufacturing hubs are still experiencing COVID disruptions, it may be the perfect time for warehouses stateside to reevaluate their sustainability and energy efficiency strategies.

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Business Leaders Pivot as Inflation, Workforce Transformation Test Resiliency

Nearly 46% of small businesses believe the economy will decline further, an almost 20-percentage-point increase over 2020 and 2021.

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FedEx, FourKites Alliance Delivers Real-Time Visibility Capabilities

Through this collaboration, FourKites will use its machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities with data insights from the FedEx network.

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How Can Businesses and 3pls Keep Up With Demand When Their Product Goes Viral?

You don’t even need to have downloaded TikTok onto your phone to become part of the zeitgeist. The ease of which social content can be shared has fueled the proliferation of trends and crazes that often transcend digital boundaries.

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Global Events Exacerbate Congestion on The Coasts

Managing the complex orchestration of the supply chain is going to be a continuing issue through the remainder of this year.

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Create a Sustainable Warehouse with Reusable Packaging

As companies look to reduce CO2 emissions, landfill waste, water usage and more, here’s how they can evolve their supply chain practices to create more sustainable warehouses.

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Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategy: The Ultimate Guide

The shipping experience now defines the shopping experience.

Preparing a Plan B: The Importance of Contingency Plans in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Distribution

Find out about the current pitfalls in pharmaceutical supply chain management and ways distributors can subvert potential disruptions.

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USPS Sees Increase in Delivery Speed

The U.S. Postal Service is experiencing less and less delays as we move farther from pandemic shut downs.

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Digital Platform Promotes Circular Economy of Recycled Plastics

The platform helps essential industries evolve to a more sustainable future by offering efficient online trading, accessible data and transparent economics.

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Achieving Full Supply Chain Visibility Starts in the Warehouse

Transparency is critical for mitigating risk, driving compliance and increasing supply chain resiliency. It must be a strategic imperative, and the warehouse is the first place to start.

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Sound Inventory Planning Helps Waylay Pesky Supply Chain Interruptions

Today, integrating inventory planning with financial planning is more critical than ever given the ability accounting has to properly steer planning, ordering, and ultimately profitability.

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Inflation Is Here To Stay…What Now?

Supply chain professionals are preparing for for the emerging possibility that inflation is here to stay.

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Software Solution Identifies Root-Cause of Supply Chain Issues

Integrated in Target nationwide, Deductions Navigator helps the retail giant provide suppliers with visibility, proof aggregation and automated disputing.

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3 Ways for Supply Chain Leaders to Build a Better Culture

Organizations that leverage these opportunities will be better positioned to create environments that inspire ethical behavior, which leads to greater employee loyalty, customer satisfaction, and even growth.

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Aurobindo Pharma Increases Throughput with ASRS as Hub of Integrated Distribution Network

With annual growth routinely surpassing double digits per year, even Aurobindo Pharma's advanced operation required further automation investments to meet current and future demands.

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How A Digitally Connected Supply Chain Drives Accuracy

While it may seem intuitive to connect each link, the unfortunate truth is that the supply chain has been built silo by silo over time.

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Build Approvable Business Case for Procurement, Source to Pay Processes Automation

By following the right steps procurement teams can help their organization can go from $0 to at least $250K a year in savings.

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Amazon Prime Drone Delivery Becomes Reality

Amazon Prime starts to roll out its drone delivery service, beginning in California. A program like this from an e-commerce giant could mean drone delivery will be wide spread and common place in the near future.

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China Shutdowns Assessment

Here's an update on the shutdowns in China and how to respond to supply chain disruptions and streamline preparedness strategies.

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Pros to Know: To Be Successful, You Must Adapt

Lisa Wittmer, VP, sales for OMNIA Partners, details why nothing you ever learn or experience is going to prepare you for something like a global pandemic.

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How To Interpret and Act on the Government’s ‘Shields Up’ Advisory

As tensions with Russia mounted in the early weeks of the war in Ukraine, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a strong advisory to Critical Infrastructure owners.