Global Supply Chain Management

Sensing and Shaping Future Demand

January 22, 2014

Charles Chase, Chief Industry Consultant, SAS Institute

Evaluating Forecasting Performance

January 22, 2014

Michael Gilliland, Product Marketing Manager, SAS Institute

What's Working, and Not Working, in Supply Chain Management

January 21, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Chasing cheap labor and managing in silos are just two of the mistakes that Jeffrey Karrenbauer, president of Insight Inc., says companies continue to make. Karrenbauer shares his opinions about these and other practices that are, and are not, working in supply chain management.

The Role of Geographical Information Systems in the Supply Chain

January 21, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Geographical information systems and advanced mapping tools will increasingly be used in the supply chain to map potential risks and mitigation strategies as well as to track people and assets inside the four walls, says Wolfgang Hall, global industry manager at Esri.

Transitioning from Legacy Broker Applications to New Technology

January 21, 2014

Wayne Slossberg, Senior Vice President, QuestaWeb Inc.

Many of today's customs house brokers rely on legacy systems. Increasingly, new Customs and Border Protection rules and regulations are challenging the capacity of these systems. Beyond just functional limitations, many firms are finding that older technology can be expensive to operate and maintain. Sometimes, maintenance demands are so great that in-house IT staff must focus all their time and energy on keeping these systems operational. Real risks accompany the decision to stick with older systems.

The Critical Element of Risk Management in Procurement

January 21, 2014

Brian Bender, Sr. Dir., Global Purchasing, J.M. Huber Corp.

Omni-Channel Orchestration: More Extended, Integrated & Seamless

January 21, 2014

Bob Heaney, Senior Research Analyst, Aberdeen Group

Managing Demand for Critical Bio-Medical Parts

January 21, 2014

Raymond Allen, Senior Forecast and Inventory Analyst, BioMet Microfixations

2014 Supply Chain Focuses Include Resiliency and Reliability

January 20, 2014

FleetOwner

Both global and domestic supply chain networks will need to become more resilient and reliable in order to better manage more volatile demand as well as pressures on margins, according to recent analysis by two consulting firms.

Changing the 'Dominant Design' of Distribution

January 20, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Chris Caplice, executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, discusses his research on identifying dominant designs in logistics and how these designs, in which companies are heavily invested, may be disrupted by emerging trends.