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What’s keeping you up at night?

CSCMP can provide you with tools, skills, and relationships that will help you respond to the challenges that you are struggling with today and those that you will face tomorrow.

May 15, 2022

Mark Baxa

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CSCMP can provide you with tools, skills, and relationships that will help you respond to the challenges that you are struggling with today and those that you will face tomorrow.

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Labor and skills shortage slow corporate dash toward digitalization

Survey from ToolsGroup and CSCMP shows top supply chain investment for 2022 is “increasing recruitment and training efforts.”

May 13, 2022

Supply Chain Quarterly Staff

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Survey from ToolsGroup and CSCMP shows top supply chain investment for 2022 is “increasing recruitment and training efforts.”

Logistics industry growth slows in April

Monthly Logistics Manager’s Index fell more than 6 points compared to March as transportation capacity crunch eases, researchers said.

May 3, 2022

Victoria Kickham

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Monthly Logistics Manager’s Index fell more than 6 points compared to March as transportation capacity crunch eases, researchers said.

Report: 51% of CSCOs would sacrifice profit for sustainability

Business leaders will turn to data and new technologies to make supply chains more sustainable and resilient; say they’d give up 5% of profit to improve sustainability outcomes.

May 2, 2022

Supply Chain Quarterly Staff

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Business leaders will turn to data and new technologies to make supply chains more sustainable and resilient; say they’d give up 5% of profit to improve sustainability outcomes.

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Consumer spending just kept chugging in March, NRF finds

Shoppers keep returning to stores despite inflation, pandemic, and war.

April 14, 2022

Supply Chain Quarterly Staff

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Shoppers keep returning to stores despite inflation, pandemic, and war.

STRATEGY

How to resolve your inventory dilemma

Should companies continue to follow a just-in-time inventory management strategy? Or should they go back to holding safety stock just in case stockouts occur? The answer is a little bit of both.

April 7, 2022

Jonathan Byrnes and John Wass

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Should companies continue to follow a just-in-time inventory management strategy? Or should they go back to holding safety stock just in case stockouts occur? The answer is a little bit of both.

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Report: Companies are slowing climate initiatives due to rising costs

CEOs say delayed investments, price hikes, and nearshoring are primary tactics for dealing with inflation and market uncertainty.

April 4, 2022

Supply Chain Quarterly Staff

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CEOs say delayed investments, price hikes, and nearshoring are primary tactics for dealing with inflation and market uncertainty.

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Report: Food industry seeks to mitigate supply risks

Industry execs say supply chain bottlenecks are top of mind in 2022, and list shipping and container costs, unexpected port fees as top concerns, study finds.

March 21, 2022

Supply Chain Quarterly Staff

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Industry execs say supply chain bottlenecks are top of mind in 2022, and list shipping and container costs, unexpected port fees as top concerns, study finds.