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Since supply chain technology emerged on the scene a few decades ago, practitioners have been interested in what's available, how it can improve their operations, and, more personally, how it [...]

Since supply chain technology emerged on the scene a few decades ago, practitioners have been interested in what's available, how it can improve their operations, and, more personally, how it [...]

This year's survey focused on the progress being made across three capabilities that are essential to supply chain success today--visibility, analytics, and flexibility. As in past surveys, clear levels of [...]

Yes, we've all experienced some formidable challenges during the economic downturn of the past two years. But things could have been a lot worse were it not for the supply [...]

The best companies approach their supply chains in a way that differs markedly from their less-successful competitors. in particular, they consistently embrace certain traits that make their operations run more [...]

Gary Lynch is the managing director of the supply chain risk management practice at Marsh Inc. and the author of single Point of Failure: The Ten Essential Laws of supply [...]

AS DIRECTOR OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT for ARC Advisory Group, Steve Banker keeps a watchful eye on emerging developments in the supply chain space. It's a task he is well [...]

Times are tough. But despite that (or maybe because of it), supply chain management continues to make a positive mark on the business. That's a key conclusion of our seventh [...]

This year's survey results show that companies continue to make steady supply chain progress across a range of competencies--though some have progressed a lot faster than others. For those companies [...]

Go to any industry event these days and you're almost guaranteed to find one topic prominently featured on the agenda--green. But as often as not, you get the feeling there's [...]

It's hard to put an exact date on when the term supply chain management officially entered the business vernacular. But it's safe to say that Tony Friscia was there when [...]

This year's Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress probed more deeply than in the past into what constitutes true supply chain value. Our earlier surveys tracked supply chain progress against [...]

Three years ago when Wal-Mart announced its famous supplier 'mandate,' the business press was buzzing with stories of RFID (radio frequency identification). But after that initial surge of attention, which [...]

The fourth annual 'Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress' reveals that companies continue to steadily evolve their supply chain capabilities. But the progress isn't quite as dramatic as that recorded [...]

For close to 50 years, Dr. Donald J. Bowersox has been in the forefront of our profession. In the early 1960s, he was advocating advanced transportation and logistics practices as [...]

It's become an established cliche to say that we're entering a digital future, a future in which the players who excel at using information technology to advance their business enjoy [...]

The third annual 'Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress' shows that more and more companies are moving beyond the early stages of internal supply chain excellence and are beginning to [...]

The Center for eBusiness at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a clear-cut mission: To be the leading academic source of innovation in management theory and practice for e-business. Erik [...]

The success of RFID (radio-frequency identification) will depend in large measure on the efforts of EPCglobal US, the organization headed by Mike Meranda. EPCglobal US is the United States affiliate [...]

As the UPS Foundation Professor of Business Logistics, Ananth Raman is the voice of supply chain management at the Harvard Business School and at an executive course titled 'Managing the [...]

This year's survey shows that companies overall are making progress in advancing their supply chain capabilities. But there's still a big gap between the leaders and everybody else. This at [...]

A new survey shows that many companies still rely on the traditional methods of communicating with their supply chain partners--and in doing so, they're missing out on the advantages afforded [...]

From its fringe-movement beginnings more than three decades ago, corporate social responsibility has gone mainstream. No longer solely the purview of socially sensitive businesses such as ice-cream maker Ben & [...]

A new survey from CSC and Supply Chain Management Review charts the progress that companies have made to date in advancing their supply chain--and points to the considerable work that [...]

A good loss-prevention and security program does many things. It minimizes loss, streamlines operations, gives employees peace of mind, and--perhaps most surprisingly--contributes to overall profitability. That's the experienced-based philosophy of [...]

Kevin Ashton sees a future where physical objects communicate with one another in real time, where trading partners know exactly where their products are at every point in the supply [...]

John P. Kotter has been an advocate and chronicler of business change ever since he joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1972. Since then, he's authored more than 20 [...]

In his latest book, The Agenda, Michael Hammer pays homage to the core supply chain principles--the importance of breaking down the walls between you and your supply chain partners, the [...]

American born poet Robert Bly is interviewed about his life and works. He is widely known for his anti-war poetry, which also address social and political problems.