The global pandemic forced many businesses to completely rethink their strategies and digital maturity – but for the service sector, change was well underway before this period of mass disruption.
Jonathan Gold, vice president for supply chain and customs policy with the National Retail Federation, offers a preview of NRF Supply Chain 360, the new industry conference taking place June 20-21, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Companies are discovering the power of data and analytics to transform their supply chains, but few are actually prepared to take advantage of these benefits.
Supply chain professionals have never had more tools at their disposal, nor a more prominent stage to engage with their corporate leadership teams on risk mitigation and business continuity planning.
Angela Robine, director of strategy-supply chain with VF Corp., talks about the challenge of taking the long view at a time when so many companies are struggling merely to survive.
Supply chain design was once seen as an activity to be endured every few years — a strategic exercise that wasn’t tied to operations. Now, however, competitive companies are realizing that every decision they make should be used as an opportunity to improve the configuration and use of their networks.
A discussion about the steps that industries must take, in partnership with trade associations, to set the stage for reshoring production back to the U.S., with Dan Varroney, founder of Potomac Core Consulting and author of Reimagining Industry Growth: Partnership Strategies in an Era of Uncertainty.
A review of the five steps that companies should take to set up a formal sustainability effort throughout the supply chain, as laid out by two analysts from The Hackett Group: associate principal Mélani Flores, and senior director Nic Walden.
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