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Risk/Compliance
Study Reveals Few Companies Expanding Third-Party Risk Management Programs Despite Increasing Threats
What’s more is, 44% of companies report not actively tracking supply chain risks.
Software & Technology
L.I.N.K. Live Turns One!
Sourcing & Procurement
SCN Summit | Procurement & Risk Management 2
June 10, 2021
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Risk/Compliance
SCN Summit | Food & Pharma 2
June 8, 2021
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Risk/Compliance
SCN Summit | Food & Pharma 1
June 8, 2021
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Training
3 Ways Workforce Tech Can Facilitate Deskless Success
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Pros to Know
Pros to Know: Creating a Holistic Supply Chain Planning Space with Nari Viswanathan, E2open
Assistant editor Mackenna Moralez sits down with Nari Viswanathan, senior director of product marketing, E2open, on how he is creating a holistic supply chain planning space for his clients.
Last-Mile
Unboxing the Last Mile: SDCE Editors Unpack Meal Kits
Associate editor Brielle and assistant editor Mackenna try out different meal kits and dive into the packaging and delivery process in the latest episode of Unboxing the Last Mile.
Pros to Know
Pros to Know: Understanding the Benefits of the Supply Chain with Matt Tichon, LLamasoft, A Coupa Company
Assistant editor Mackenna Moralez talks with Matt Tichon, LLamasoft, A Coupa Company, about how he helps clients understands the benefits of the supply chain and the important decisions surrounding it.
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Sourcing & Procurement
How to Successfully Solve Supply Chain Problems
You can’t fix what you don’t understand, but if you know the causes and how those causes relate to one another, you’ll be better able to solve the problem and hedge against future risks.
Risk/Compliance
COVID-19, One Year Later: Key Takeaways on the Pandemic’s Effect on Supply and Demand
One year in, the following are key pandemic-induced trends that will continue to influence supply chain decision-making in the long term.
Risk/Compliance
L.I.N.K. Live | SDCE Editors Talk COVID-19, One Year Later
Marina, Brielle and Mackenna discuss their COVID-19, One Year Later special, recapping significant supply chain events that happened as a result of COVID-19 and compare to how things are today.
Emerging Technologies
Integrated Business Networks Increasingly a Counterweight to Disruption
By connecting all trading partners via digital business networks, all participants benefit from enhanced intelligence, greater efficiencies and improved resilience.
Risk/Compliance
3 Stages for Getting Your Supply Chain from Recovery to Resilience
Know the importance of simplicity during recovery, discovery and building resilience. That way, when the next set of supply chain disruptions come to knock you down, you can work through or around the disruption faster, better and smarter.
Sourcing & Procurement
COVID-19, One Year Later: Economy ‘Has Come a Long Way’
NRF forecast that 2021 retail sales – excluding automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants – will grow between 6.5-8.2% over 2020 to $4.33-4.4 trillion.
Transportation
COVID-19, One Year Later: How DMV Closures Impacted Last-Mile Delivery
As the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) forces DMVs to close, many are left wondering how this will impact last-mile delivery as more consumers begin to shop online for everyday essentials.
Risk/Compliance
The 100-Day Supply Chain Review, Part 2: Supply Chain Visibility
In this 5-part series, industry experts detail the current risk areas in today’s U.S. supply chains, how to address these issues, the impact on U.S. imports/exports, downfalls of this 100-day review and what it means for the future of supply chains.
Sourcing & Procurement
Mitigate Supplier Risk by Managing Supplier Data
Ensuring the fundamentals of supplier management is critical to making the most of process and data automation.
Risk/Compliance
Crucial Practices for Protecting the Supply Chain
Through new 5G initiatives, collaboration, a shared responsibility model and Zero Trust principles, the security of supply chains will strengthen as manufacturers continue to innovate.
Warehousing
COVID-19, One Year Later: How Supply Chains Got Familiar with “Force Majeure”
Forced closures and government restrictions are putting pressure on the supply chain, causing many partners to fail at contractual obligations. But, communication and innovative thinking is the way out of the economic crisis following the pandemic.
Sourcing & Procurement
GEP Report: Up to $4T in Revenue Evaporated in Supply Chain Disruptions
The survey found that the biggest supply chain challenges global organizations face moving forward are compliance with constantly changing trade regulations, cyberattack, supplier risk and managing brand reputation.
Pros to Know
Pros to Know: Retooling Production Lines with Hannah Kain of ALOM
Mackenna Moralez sits down with Hannah Kain to discuss how she rapidly responded to health operation mandates, managing to keep ALOM staff and facilities safe.
Risk/Compliance
New Dynamic Computer Corporation Methodology Calculates and Ranks Supply Chain Risk Exposure
Dynamic Computer Corporation (DCC) introduced its Dynamic Supply Chain Risk Scoring methodology.
AI/AR
L.I.N.K. | Accenture Reveals the Resiliency Potential of Digital Twins
Digital twin technology is a form of artificial intelligence that does much more than replicate machinery in a digital space, it can even help with disaster planning.
Warehousing
How a Virus Pandemic Led to a Toilet Paper Shortage
Supply chains have more to worry about than toilet paper, but how did this happen in the first place?
Sourcing & Procurement
Study: High-Tech Companies Need Better Financial Controls
Almost all companies reported adopting new business models (96%), changing processes (98%) and seeking out innovative technologies for revenue management (99%).
Risk/Compliance
One Common Supply Chain Thread for All Organizations
Just because a company is surviving the pandemic doesn’t mean that it is doing things the right way.
Risk/Compliance
The 100-Day Supply Chain Review, Part 1: Addressing Risks
In this 5-part series, industry experts detail the current risk areas in today’s U.S. supply chains, how to address these issues, the impact on U.S. imports/exports, downfalls of this 100-day review and what it means for the future of supply chains.
Warehousing
COVID-19 Vaccine Transforms Pharma Supply Chain Forever
So much has changed since COVID-19 pressured the medical industry to innovate in the pharma supply chain, making a lasting impression.
Risk/Compliance
5 Major Security Threats to the Digital Supply Chain in 2021
In this era of hyper-connectivity, businesses that adopt solutions to streamline governance, risk and compliance will certainly be in a better position to deliver effective cybersecurity across the entire supply chain.
COLD CHAIN
The Opportunities and Obstacles of Ultra-Low Temperature Storage in Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Logistics
Here are some best practices for understanding ULT freezer technology and its important connection to the logistics of last-mile delivery of temperature-sensitive medicines and vaccines.
Risk/Compliance
COVID-19, One Year Later
Supply & Demand Chain Executive begins looking back at how much the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the supply chain landscape one year later.
Risk/Compliance
C-Suite Strategies to Build Supply Chain Resilience in the Wake of COVID-19
Cognitive automation reverses the equation of people doing data work with the help of machines to machines doing data work under the guidance of people.
Risk/Compliance
How President Biden’s 100-Day Supply Chain Review Sets the Stage for New American Supply Chain
Only by adopting a whole-of-government approach to supply chain resilience – and by leveraging cutting-edge visibility tools – can we hope to tackle today's multifaceted supply chain challenges.
Professional Development
Unsung Heroes: Editor Interviews Her Dad on How His Warehouse Stepped Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Unsung Heroes is a “feel-good” series of interviews with frontline workers, professors and more to discuss the effects of the pandemic and how these unsung heroes are turning challenges into opportunities.
Risk/Compliance
When the Supply Chain Breaks
Here's why it's crucial to have an in-depth risk dialog between the insurer and the insured to be aware of the services provided in the area of loss prevention.
Risk/Compliance
Study Reveals Over Half of Companies Lack Clear Picture of Their own Supply Chain
Nearly 37% of companies in the benchmark reported that their visibility was hampered by either internal siloes or was not data-driven at all.
Risk/Compliance
Consumer Brands Association, CSCMP Build National Policy Roadmap to Protect Stressed Supply Chains
Protecting private sector supply chains helps those companies when natural disasters strike, delivering supplies to a disaster-impacted area and being able to re-establish supply chains after the fact.
Warehousing
Working out the Bugs in Your Supply Chain
You can keep your facilities clean and enlist your entire team to watch for pest pressures with the right training and protocols.