SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today from APICS 2017, the premier event for supply chain, logistics and operations management professionals, the supply chain association, APICS, announced the launch of ...

Supply chain management (SCM) refers to the planning and coordination of activities involved in sourcing materials, producing goods, and managing logistics across a supply network. SCM involves ...

In 2021, the waves of the pandemic started to quickly unravel supply chains across the world. Manufacturing plants slowed or even closed, ports experienced unprecedented back-ups, and transportation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathleen Walch covers AI, ML, and big data best practices. With the help of AI, supply chain operations is becoming smarter and ...

The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) has released new standards aimed at helping companies assess the ethical, ecological and economic aspects of their supply chain. Companies who meet ...

In this fast-growing era, running a successful business demands an efficient supply chain that is major in specifying overall profitability. Moreover, it is a known fact that a broken supply chain ...

In simpler B2B days, supply chains only had to grapple with forecasting demand and then tweaking supply to meet it. Now volatility is end to end, and supply chain planning extends beyond order ...

Chief executive officers typically take a back seat when it comes to supply-chain management, but by forging a greater synergy with supply-chain managers, they can take their organizations on a ...

High volatility, massive swings in customer demand, and challenges in ensuring sufficient supply are the current reality for global supply chain executives—making supply chain flexibility the new ...

Resilient and sustainable supply chains are necessary to meet—and exceed—today’s customer expectations. In partnership withAmazon Web Services The rolling supply chain disruptions of the past few ...

Through the Center for Supply Chain Excellence, the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University offers executive education programs that provide every member of the supply chain ...

Managing product returns has always been a headache for retailers. The e-commerce boom only increased that pain and pressure. Call it buyer’s remorse, but when customers can’t see, touch and try on ...