How Demand Planning can Improve the Supply Chain

August 8, 2016

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Good demand planning enhances profitability – if it is executed appropriately.

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The Current State of Logistics

In two years, the logistics industry has transformed. Find out where the industry is at today and what shippers are doing to combat the constant disruption.

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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.

Nominations for Supply & Demand Chain Executive's Women in Supply Chain Award Extended to July 17

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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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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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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Tada Heightens Visibility with Digital Twin-Enable Production Control Tower

A new product from Tada Cognitive Solutions is the latest supply chain technology to embrace digital twins, as the concept becomes more popular to solve disruption.

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Navigating the 3PL vs 4PL Decision

One decision all shippers must make relates to whether a 3PL or a 4PL is the right service provider for them.

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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.

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Pros to Know: Understand the Big Picture First

David Rink, director of solutions consulting at Slync.io and a winner of our Prost to Know award, gives advice to his younger self, saying that it is important to understand the big picture so you can get to the bottom of the root causes.

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Why Consumer Goods Supply Chains Need Intelligent Automation in 2022

What lies ahead is a complex logistical exercise to get the new supplier onboarded, integrate systems, processes, and people, and successfully activate the new working relationship.

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Good Supplier Ethics Creates Resiliency: Report

While good ethics within trading and sourcing is not only the right thing to do in a moral sense, new research shows it drives resiliency. This is especially true for the fashion industry.

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UgoWork: Benefits of Lithium-Ion Power Solutions are Endless in Material Handling

Learn about the many benefits of lithium-ion power solutions in the material handling industry and how these solutions achieve safety and sustainability from UgoWork.

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Supply Chain Threats to Break Records – Reasons, Responses, What’s Next

The supply chain is highly susceptible to ransomware and digital security breaches but is a vital lifeline to every organization.

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Nominations Close April 10 for Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2022 Top Supply Chain Projects Award

This award spotlights successful and innovative transformation projects that deliver bottom-line value to enterprises across a range of supply chain functions.

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The Rapidly Evolving Enhanced Geothermal Systems Market

Everything you should know about the growing geothermal systems market and what it means in the supply chain.

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6 Supply Chain Hurdles to Clear with Digital Transformation

March 30, 2022

The increasing importance of customer experience has a significant impact on supply chain leaders and their role in driving business success. Join Esker's business development manager, Nick Carpenter, for an educational webinar that explores this.

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TMS/WMS Integration: One Size Doesn’t Fit All

In the absence of a complete and seamless connectivity of these two systems, we underserve three simple, but very crucial business assets: time, money and potential.

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The New Corporate Focus on Supply Chain: A Competitive Advantage

Now that more executive eyes are on your logistics department, there are some key things they need to know to understand how costs fluctuate and how you set your strategy.

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Procurement Must Rethink Supply Base Role

It’s not just individual suppliers that are changing as a result of the pandemic, but entire industries. And, procurement will be figuring out how to source from and manage suppliers in these new industries.

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Training Staff to Be the First Line of Defense in Pest Control

With products coming from different regions around the world, each facility may need to train their employees to look for and identify pests they are not used to.

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Strategic Resiliency Sourcing: Creating a Less China-Dependent Supply Chain

Given the significant financial benefits of an optimized supply chain, it almost always makes sense to supplement the organization with external experts and leverage sourcing technology.

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Will the 3G Sunset Disrupt the Supply Chain Even More?

Many wireless carriers will shut down their 3G towers this month. What will this do to the supply chain and your operations?

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4 Best Practices to Prevent Cargo Loss in Alternative Shipping

Logistics managers have spent the past year looking for alternatives to moving cargo through backed-up major ports, but not all solutions are created equal. Each decision comes with costs and benefits, and managers and leaders must make difficult choices.

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Arrive Logistics Move Marks Another Acquisition for the Supply Chain

Arrive Logistics buys the cross-border business services from Forager to grow cross-border operations in Canada and Mexico.

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Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Quality Worries Increase, Decision-Makers Must Respond

When it comes to supply chain stability, patients’ fears extend far beyond medication availability and affordability.

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B2B E-Commerce is Key to Diversifying Global Supply Chains for Resilience

What started out as a response to COVID-19 for many businesses has now become the expectation, with significant implications for how B2B buyers and sellers will do business in the future.

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How Digital Business Updates Will Minimize Holiday Supply Chain Challenges Next Year

Companies should update their visibility, demand forecasting and other critical supply chain applications now to better predict holiday peak product order volumes next year.