Recently added articles from Supply Chain Management Review:
Technology's role in risk management: risk management is getting new attention in the wake of current economic woes. You need to consider IT investment if you want to strengthen your risk management plan.(Survey)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Everyone manages risk, whether they know it or not. It could be done through a formal program, with structured identification, assessment, probability analysis, and mitigation actions all supported with a technology-based risk framework. Or it could be a ...
End-to-end evangelist: Angel Mendez.(PROFILES in LEADERSHIP)(Company overview)
May 01, 2009; ... "There are several members of my staff who are a bit unconventional." That's the cheerful admission from Angel Mendez. It's an admission that applies just as well to Mendez himself, not only in terms of his actual responsibilities but in terms of his vision of what "supply chain" should ...
What makes a modern supply chain professional?(TALENT)
May 01, 2009; ... Where does business go to find the right talent to build a 21st century supply chain organization? This core question drove a visionary group of practitioners, academics and associations to join forces and define the ideal model of a modern supply chain professional, how they need to be ...
10 New ideas for generating value: running low on ideas on how your supply chain can bring new value to the business and to your trading partners? Looking for innovative concepts that will capture management's attention and drive future investment in the supply chain? The ten ideas presented here can help on both counts.(INNOVATION)(Company overview)
May 01, 2009; ... Innovation is the lifeblood of all companies. This could be in the form of new products, services or even new operating models. In the absence of innovation, a company will face the certain "death by commoditization" effect over a period of time. Yet where the supply chain is concerned, ...
The DODSC: a practical application: a Dynamic On-Demand Supply Chain (DODSC) combines proven techniques like lean and Six Sigma with innovative technology to drive sustained supply chain improvements. The case study presented here shows the DODSC concept in action. The results have been impressive: reduced lead times, lower production costs, and higher service levels.(RESPONSE)(Company overview)
May 01, 2009; ... In an article in Supply Chain Management Review's March 2005 issue, titled "The Next Stage of Supply Chain Excellence," we presented the Dynamic On-Demand Supply Chain (DODSC) concept with supporting detail, initial user testimonials and some examples that outlined the multiple benefits of ...
Cross-Functional Collaboration: believe in it!(INCLUSION)
May 01, 2009; ... Companies that delegate their supplier interactions solely to one or two functions to manage are unlikely to use suppliers to sustain their competitive position over time. They can have periods of good, even excellent, performance, but that's different than having a competitive position ...
Outperforming the market price reductions: in a period of declining market prices, procurement organizations must deliver and measure price reductions in excess of the market, while exceeding goals for quality, service, and innovation.(SPOTLIGHT on MANAGEmENT)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Starting in the second half of 2008, many procurement managers achieved significantly lower pricing for items such as resins, packaging, transportation, and chemicals, as commodity prices declined precipitously and demand slowed with the global economy ....
Virtual online conference.(Read more online: Online Resources from SCMR)(Conference news)
May 01, 2009 ... The Logistics Management & Supply Chain Management Review Virtual Conference & Expo is not a Web Seminar; it is a fully interactive virtual event that ...
ISM: we've seen the bottom.(Read more online: Online Resources from SCMR)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] No, the manufacturing sector hasn't climbed up into "growth" territory ...
Check out the supply chain Executive Education calendar.(Read more online: Online Resources from SCMR)(Calendar)
May 01, 2009 ... Visit SCMR's Executive Education calendar to see current and upcoming supply chain and logistics programs offered by top ...
New! Your personal link to supply chain info.(Read more online: Online Resources from SCMR)
May 01, 2009 ... Looking for a fast and easy way to keep abreast of developments in the supply chain space?, Go to SupplyChainDaily.com This new service aggregates content from hundreds of sources and delivers it to you in a daily "iMail." Through personalization ...
The see-through supply chain: evolving technologies, bundled and co-mingled with appropriate processes and incentives, now offer unprecedented views into the supply chain.(GLOBAL LINkS)
Apr 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There's a choice to be made in supply chain management. Do you want to remain tied to a patchwork of manual interactions with suppliers, carriers, exchanges, freight forwarders 3PLs, or other links in the global supply chain? Or would you rather harness ...
IP in the new economy: supply chain managers need to think about the future of intellectual property (IP), no matter what their company is selling.(TEChNOLOGY)
Apr 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Intellectual Property (IP) is becoming a vital element of strategy in the global supply chain. Whether the IP is brand artwork, a patented formula, or a design for a new running shoe, it is essential to the plan-source-make-deliver processes we manage ...
Supply Chain scientist: William R. Killingsworth.(PROFILES in LEADERSHIP)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Next time you reach for that bottle of ibuprofen or take your cholesterol medication, be very thankful you've got an ace supply chain investigator like Bill Killingsworth on your side. As the executive director of the Forum for Supply Chain Innovation at the Massachusetts ...
How to recession-proof your supply chain: when a recession hits, customers can reduce your revenues and stop your outbound product flow faster than you can trim expenses and halt your inbound flow raw materials. Working capital becomes stressed as your materials pipeline backs up and profits take a hit. Here are six simple ways to prepare for a downturn before it happens--and to respond effectively when it does.(PROTECTION)(Company overview)
Apr 01, 2009; ... There is something about the good times that makes people forget about the bad times. Yet the bad times are by no means rare. Senior managers who are in their fifties will already have lived through six stock market crashes and be experiencing their eighth major economic downturn. ...
In times of uncertainty, focus on the future: predicting the future is an inexact science at best. And it's likely to stay that way if we keep relying on past actions and assumptions to navigate us through an uncertain future. What's needed instead is future-oriented scenario approach that prepares us for events that will unfold in an unpredictable, non-linear manner.(VISION)(Company overview)
Apr 01, 2009; ... "There are many of us dead now, we just don't know it yet."--Norman R. Augustine in "Reshaping an Industry: Lockheed Martin's Survival Story," Harvard Business Review, May-June 1997. It will be a while before the dust settles on the ongoing market turmoil and a final tally is ...
Cash is king: improving working capital: with the decline in the credit market, companies have to learn how to work with good old-fashioned cash all over again. This will mean finding new sources of working capital within your company. Supply chain operations are a big part of that. The 10 rules of "King Cash" set forth here can help guide your working capital quest.(ADVANTAGE)(Company overview)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Cash is king, again, but this time, the rules of King Cash are different. Companies across all industries have been experiencing firsthand an extremely tight lending environment, thanks to the meltdown that originated in the sub-prime lending industry. As the trough of absent ...
Prioritizing your supply chain investments: to make supply chain progress, you can't stand still. You need to invest in upgrading processes and in new technology. But how do you know exactly where to invest? And how do you justify that investment--particularly when business may not be exactly booming? The guidelines offered here should help.(CHOICES)
Apr 01, 2009; ... With links to more partners, vendors, and customers dispersed around the world, today's supply chains fulfill their promise only when they enable two distinct outcomes: (1) excise unnecessary costs from the system and (2) provide a competitive edge that boosts an organization's revenue and ...
Procurement links can prove profitable: getting procurement involved more early and often in the product pricing decision can exert a powerful impact on profitability over the long term.(SPOTLIGHT on SUPPLY MANAGEmENT)
Apr 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Given their positioning at the end-points of the value chain, marketing and procurement typically have not enjoyed a structured and sustained collaborative relationship. Yet companies that are able to establish and capitalize on the links between these two ...
Supply chain calisthenics.(IN THIS iSSUE)
Mar 01, 2009; ... With spring just around the corner, it's a good time to start thinking about getting in shape. In physical terms, we all pretty much knows what that entails (though knowing and actually doing are two entirely different things, as I can attest). But in a supply chain context, what does ...