Strategy

RSS

Companies looking to source overseas because of cheap labor may be in for some costly surprises.

Here's a formula to help you determine whether hiring a consultant for your project will give you a solid payback.

The rapidly emerging technology of the Information Age is calling into question many traditional supply chain best practices. In this adaptation from their new book, Start Pulling Your Chain! Leading Responsive Supply Chain Transformation, the authors describe a four-stage transformation process for guiding companies as they move from a traditional, anticipatory approach to a response-based, or "pull," business model.

Educators are reaching out to the corporate world. Why aren't more companies taking advantage of the support they offer?

IBM's top supply chain security executive makes the case for industry/government partnerships and for global supply chain security standards. We are all responsible for securing global supply chains, he says.

A research study finds that most companies have a long way to go before they can achieve a demand-driven inventory strategy.

Before you can build an energy-efficient supply chain, you need to understand your company's carbon emissions.

By restructuring the supply chain for one of its divisions, John Deere cut inventory and reduced freight costs to better manage assets and enhance shareholder value.

Supply chain management by its very nature depends on relationships and connections. In the first excerpt from their recent book, Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management: An Essential Guide for the 21st Century, the authors describe some of the relationships that play an important role in achieving supply chain success. In the second excerpt, they focus on consultants, looking at how they operate and when it makes sense to use them—or not.