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How Smart Use of Service Supply Chain Can Recession-Proof Your Business

September 25, 2019

Flash Global Logistics

When a supply chain is lean and responsive to data, economic downturns can have minimal impact.

The SCB Podcast

Podcast | When One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Customizing the Customer Experience

June 28, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

When it comes to fashioning the optimal customer experience, the gap between dream and reality can be vast.

Case Study

Why Honda Adopted a ‘Community’ for Managing Reusable Containers for Parts

March 19, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Automotive supply chains depend on tight coordination between a manufacturer and its many suppliers. But some of the basic technology to optimize those connections has been lacking until now.

Spare Parts Supply Chains in the Era of Servitization

February 6, 2019

Andy Prinz & Alex Cheesman, SCB Contributors

Spare parts are an often-overlooked component of supply chain management.

Rail Industry Looks to 3-D Printing to Keep Old Trains Moving

Advances in 3-D printing have been hyped in a number of futuristic applications, like cutting-edge applications in airplane design or parts of rocket engines. But 3-D printing is also making strides in railroads, which hasn’t been considered new-fangled since the 19th century.

September 7, 2018

Forbes

Advances in 3-D printing have been hyped in a number of futuristic applications, like cutting-edge applications in airplane design or parts of rocket engines. But 3-D printing is also making strides in railroads, which hasn’t been considered new-fangled since the 19th century.

Keeping Reverse Logistics Moving: Three Challenges Your Software Must Tackle

Reverse logistics is an integral process in many industries and can result in lost revenue, missing components and disgruntled customers if not handled correctly.

July 10, 2018

Tom Devroy

Reverse logistics is an integral process in many industries and can result in lost revenue, missing components and disgruntled customers if not handled correctly.

Women in Supply Chain, 2018: A Conversation With Suzanne Judy

May 11, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

With every story of a woman succeeding in the male-dominated world of supply chain and logistics management, another door opens.

Five Tips for Managing Digital Transformation

May 9, 2018

Supply Management

Procurement teams needs to create a vision for how they are going to deal with digital transformation.

Huge Break for Auto Companies As China Removes Ownership Caps

April 19, 2018

Industryweek

China will let foreign automakers from Volkswagen AG to Ford Motor Co. own more than 50 percent of local ventures, removing a two-decade restriction and giving a boost to global companies seeking to capture a greater share of the world’s largest car market.

Collaboration, Process and a Sticker Save Big Telecom's Bacon

April 3, 2018

Challenge: A large telecommunications OEM required revisions to upgrade a power supply (PS) with early life failures in the field. Units were available in the U.S. and EU. There was no way to know systematically what version of the PS was in the units in question — the only information was a sticker on the PS itself. The challenges: contain cost and reduce turnaround time for repair.