Global Supply Chain Management

The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on Global Trade

October 30, 2020

In an ever-changing global economy, the best way to stabilize supply chains is through superior data visibility — and knowing when and where to act as shifts occur.

Improving Supply-Chain Reliability With Prescriptive Analytics

October 29, 2020

Zebra

Learn how prescriptive analytics can help drive supply-chain accuracy, efficiency and more.

VIDEO

Watch: Building Resilience Into Supply-Chain Planning

October 29, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Jeff Livingston, senior solutions consultant with QAD DynaSys, explains the importance of resilience in the supply-chain function, in times of high demand variability and uncertainty.

How 3-D Modeling Streamlines Inventory and Materials Management

October 29, 2020

Manav Garg, SCB Contributor

Digital modeling brings new levels of visibility and control to logistics operations.

The Case for Bringing Home American Manufacturing

October 28, 2020

Cory Levins, SCB Contributor

The U.S. stands to profit from turning its manufacturing focus inward, rather than relying on imports.

EDITOR'S Q&A

Can the U.S. Establish a Reliable Domestic Supply of PPE?

October 27, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The coronavirus pandemic has led to severe shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to protect Americans from the disease. The crisis has revealed an overreliance on imported supplies, particularly from China.

Brexit, Covid and Climate Are Colluding to Raise U.K. Food Prices

October 27, 2020

Bloomberg

Supermarket prices in Britain could start increasing in coming months as food supplies get pummeled by a triple whammy of Brexit, COVID-19 and weather-struck harvests.

Gaining Control in a Turbulent World: The Case for Supply-Chain Control Towers

October 26, 2020

Magnitude

Cross-process tools and control-tower functionality can provide visibility, insight and agility across the supply chain.

Time for Manufacturers to Throw Out Old Ideas About Inventory Management

October 26, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Innovative supply-chain strategies that seemed so perfectly attuned to current purchasing patterns have turned out to carry a lot more risk than their creators could ever have imagined.

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Watch: How COVID-19 Will Change Vaccine and Drug Distribution

October 26, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Robert Eubanks, director of healthcare and life sciences with West Monroe, discuses the changes in how vaccines and drug therapies are developed and distributed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.