Quality & Metrics

For 3PLs in the Age of Technology, People Are Still the Key to Success

November 8, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has companies across the supply chain seeking efficiencies by cutting team members and increasing automation. But we can’t provide exceptional customer experiences with layoffs and more machines.

Digital Transformation of the Supply Chain: Now and Next

November 6, 2020

Shubho Chatterjee, SCB Contributor

The digital transformation of supply chains has been underway since 2010, but COVID-19 kicked it into top gear.

EDITOR'S Q&A

A Look at FSMA’s New Food-Traceability Rule

November 5, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

As part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a new rule requiring stricter controls over the monitoring of food products throughout the supply chain.

In the Pandemic, Tech for Employee Wellbeing Takes Center Stage

November 5, 2020

Russ Felker, SCB Contributor

Workers in the shipping and logistics industry need additional support to continue operating at peak demand levels.

Avetta Offers Financial Risk Assessment Tool to Protect Supply Chains

November 4, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Avetta, a provider of supply chain risk management, launched Avetta Financial Risk, a tool for evaluating and monitoring the financial health of your supply chain, providing detailed financial metrics and ratings for accurate supplier evaluation.

Technology for Logistics: Why Implementations Fail

November 2, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The adoption by logistics providers of modern-day technology is a case of applying digital solutions to an analog world.

Case Study

Reimagined Communication Boosts Cisco's Product Quality

November 1, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Digitizing communications used to issue alerts and share data helped Cisco Systems Inc. reduce recall costs by 80%.

VIDEO

Watch: Building Resilience Into Supply-Chain Planning

October 29, 2020

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Jeff Livingston, senior solutions consultant with QAD DynaSys, explains the importance of resilience in the supply-chain function, in times of high demand variability and uncertainty.