Supply Chain Planning & Optimization

Ten Ways to Lower Your Manufacturing Costs

June 25, 2020

A good supplier continuously helps customers adapt product designs to manufacturing processes, while identifying associated cost drivers.

Five Ways Contract Lifecycle Management Can Shape Up Supply Chains

June 24, 2020

Colin Earl, SCB Contributor

A contract lifecycle management system can help enterprises improve daily productivity and manage supplier risk amid the pandemic.

A Digital Transformation Guide for Supply-Chain Disruptions

June 23, 2020

Logility

Consider these eight tips to prepare for future disruptions.

EDITOR'S Q&A

How the Pandemic Will Bring Permanent Change to Retail

June 23, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking change throughout the retail landscape, especially as it affects the balance between online purchases and traditional brick-and-mortar sales.

How Technology Promises to Transform Farm and Food Industries

June 22, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Elements of the agriculture and food industries that have been slow to adopt technology are feeling the most pain from the coronavirus pandemic.

Reshaping Supply Chain and Logistics for Resilience

June 22, 2020

Ambeshwar Nath, SCB Contributor

Supply-chain and logistics providers should consider these four strategic actions.

VIDEO

Watch: Is COVID-19 a Turning Point for Supply Chains?

June 17, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Vito Calabretta, senior vice president of global operations with Tecsys, relates how supply chains are adjusting to the coronavirus pandemic, and how they might be permanently changed when it's over.

Building Better Supply Chains for the Future

June 16, 2020

Gregor Stühler, SCB Contributor

A “return to normality” requires the mending and rehabilitation of the international supply chains that power so much of our globalized economy. But supply-chain leaders must first figure out how to answer some exceedingly difficult questions.

It's Time to Advance Your S&OP, Data and Planning Systems

June 16, 2020

David Barton, SCB Contributor

Here's what it takes to achieve “optimal symbiosis.”

IBM: Top Three Capabilities to Achieve Supply-Chain Resiliency

June 12, 2020

IBM

Supply chains are grappling with unprecedented complexity, dramatic demand shifts and long-term market uncertainty.

Supply Chain Planning & Optimization

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding supply chain planning and optimization. New technologies in supply chain planning and optimization are transforming the way companies operate - and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are using planning tools and solutions for supply chain optimization.