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CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly

Q2 2020

Quarter 2 2020

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2020 Q2 New Product Introduction

How to improve the pace of your new product development process

Launching new products is both exciting and stressful. It can also be costly, labor intensive, time consuming, and data complex. In other words, deeply painful. The assessment guide presented here can help companies quickly determine what they can do to improve the process.
May 20, 2020
William Crane
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Launching new products is both exciting and stressful. It can also be costly, labor intensive, time consuming, and data complex. In other words, deeply painful. The assessment guide presented here can help companies quickly determine what they can do to improve the process.
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Nasstrac opening art

Best of the best

NASSTRAC’s Carrier of the Year Awards recognize those providers that have demonstrated excellence in transportation. Here’s a look at this year’s winners.
May 22, 2020
Supply Chain Quarterly Staff
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NASSTRAC’s Carrier of the Year Awards recognize those providers that have demonstrated excellence in transportation. Here’s a look at this year’s winners.
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Dialogue

Supply chain’s first responder

American Logistics Aid Network’s Kathy Fulton is passionate about the work she does with supply chain and emergency management. Now she and her dedicated volunteers are tackling supply chain challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis.
May 19, 2020
Diane Rand
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American Logistics Aid Network’s Kathy Fulton is passionate about the work she does with supply chain and emergency management. Now she and her dedicated volunteers are tackling supply chain challenges caused by the COVID-19 crisis.
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Pain of the chain

This excerpt, taken from the new book, "Integrating Blockchain into Supply Chain Management: A Toolkit for Practical Implementation," discusses the struggles that companies are facing as they try to develop business cases and pilot projects for blockchain technology.
May 19, 2020
Remko Van Hoek, Brian Fugate, Marat Davletshin, and Matthew A. Waller
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This excerpt, taken from the new book, Integrating Blockchain into Supply Chain Management: A Toolkit for Practical Implementation, discusses the struggles that companies are facing as they try to develop business cases and pilot projects for blockchain technology.


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Working hard for the money

Long hours and industry disruptions might put added stress on workers, but almost 9 out of 10 supply chain management professionals are still satisfied with their career choice, according to respondents to CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly’s Salary Survey.
May 19, 2020
Diane Rand
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Long hours and industry disruptions might put added stress on workers, but almost 9 out of 10 supply chain management professionals are still satisfied with their career choice, according to respondents to CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly’s Salary Survey. Among other pluses, they appreciate the constant variety of their work and the opportunity to solve complex problems. Of the 488 supply chain pros who completed our questionnaire, 93% would recommend the profession to someone entering the job market.


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Supply chain resilience

S&OP: A new frontier for supply chain resilience?

Most sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes do a good job of increasing supply chain efficiencies and reducing costs. But they often don't handle major disruptions well. Here's how to make the process more resilient.
May 14, 2020
Kai Trepte, James B. Rice Jr., and Walid Klibi
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Most sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes do a good job of increasing supply chain efficiencies and reducing costs. But they often don't handle major disruptions well. Here's how to make the process more resilient.
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PERSPECTIVE

The times that try our supply chains

Supply chains are definitely being tested by COVID-19. How they respond will shape how these operations are designed and managed for years to come.
May 19, 2020
David Maloney
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Supply chains are definitely being tested by COVID-19. How they respond will shape how these operations are designed and managed for years to come.
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MONETARY MATTERS

E-commerce in the age of COVID-19

Retail e-commerce was already on the rise when COVID-19 shook consumer behavior to its core. Now the rate of change will only accelerate.
May 19, 2020
David Deull
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Retail e-commerce was already on the rise when COVID-19 shook consumer behavior to its core. Now the rate of change will only accelerate.
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Afterword

Overdue appreciation

Logistics and supply chain professionals have long toiled in obscurity. The COVID-19 crisis has changed all that.
May 20, 2020
Mitch Mac Donald
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Logistics and supply chain professionals have long toiled in obscurity. The COVID-19 crisis has changed all that.
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Reflections

Coronavirus and the tunnel vision of macroeconomics

No matter how you define relevant, in the supply chain all relevant things never remain unchanged. We live in a dynamic world, and there are always surprises in the supply chain.
May 20, 2020
Steve Geary
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No matter how you define relevant, in the supply chain all relevant things never remain unchanged. We live in a dynamic world, and there are always surprises in the supply chain.


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Direct Connection

Silver lining

April 16, 2020
Rick Blasgen
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With the pandemic disrupting supply chains, industry professionals have an opportunity to create innovative solutions and rewrite the future supply chain landscape.
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