CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly

To succeed in a dynamic business environment, companies need a structured approach to enhancing supply chain agility. They should start by identifying what digital tools, physical assets, and processes can help them avoid disruptions while capitalizing on opportunities.

Facing high turnover rates and low unemployment, companies are struggling to create a stable supply chain workforce. Automation can help—not by simply replacing workers but by making their jobs safer, more productive, and less physically and mentally taxing.

Too often, employees are eager to move to the next opportunity after only a few months in a new job. However, there is a great benefit to both the employee and company when employees spend two to three years in a role. The following three-phase framework can help companies set better expectations and retain employees longer.

The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals recently conducted a survey of 3,300 supply chain professionals. Here’s what the study revealed: 

Many supply chains have struggled recently to procure critical parts such as semiconductors, metals, and construction materials. Here are five actions that procurement can take to help improve supply chain resiliency in the face of constrained supply. 

The pandemic supercharged last-mile delivery as stuck-at-home consumers ordered everything from treadmills to computers and furniture for their homes. Now with COVID subsiding, pocketbooks thinner, and inflation rising, is last-mile growth hitting a wall?

Which digital technologies should your company be investing in to make your supply chain operations smarter? This five-step roadmap can help guide your decision and make sure you are extracting the most intelligence out of your supply chain.

This year’s CSCMP 2022 Gail Rutkowski Transportation Excellence Award winner, Mexpress Transportation, has dedicated the past 25 years to bypassing the traditional border clearance process between the U.S. and Mexico and improving supply chain efficiencies. 

S&P Global Market Intelligence forecasts weak growth for 2023.

Prices are skyrocketing. Risks are rising. It’s time for everybody to re-examine the trade-offs in their supply chain.

Pickle Robot Co. says its technology addresses one of logistics’ most labor-intensive, physically demanding, and highest turnover jobs.

Merchants Fleet says American consumers are increasingly aware of the carbon footprint of their e-commerce shopping habits.

Arizona State University’s Dale Rogers takes home award for his lifelong dedication to the supply chain field.