Schneider Electric has embarked on a program to encourage innovation in its relations with key suppliers. 

Emerging digital technologies and the consequent need for new capabilities are disrupting all aspects of business: people, process, and technology. Today’s supply-chain operating models are being challenged to deliver unprecedented levels of agility and economic value.

A value management program is an important tool for keeping a supply-chain planning transformation initiative on track.

Retailing as a business model is being challenged by e-tailers and demands for an ever-improving customer experience. Lessons from the military can help.

The notion of a platform holds the key to building true end-to-end supply chains, says Roddy Martin, chief digital supply chain officer with TraceLink.

For all stakeholders in traditional supply-chain ecosystems, and specifically in life-science supply chains, enormous digitally enabled breakthrough opportunities lie ahead.

When it comes to assessing progress toward digital transformation of the procurement function, a lot of companies appear far less advanced than they think they are.

Anybody with a passing knowledge of the supply chain knows how important it is to a company’s success. So why haven’t some CEOs, boards and investors gotten the memo?