Supply Chain Now – Episode-521

As we wrap up 2020 and look towards the new year, many supply chain professionals have finally gotten enough distance from the peak pandemic impact in the spring and summer to examine what worked and what didn’t.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-519

As demand for data and analytics grows in business, many companies are waking to the reality that their legacy systems do not capture the information they need. In order to continue evolving their analytical capabilities, leadership teams often find that they have to leave their legacy systems behind and move to cloud-based solutions.

Supply Chain is Boring – Episode-513

Everyone knows that there have been frequent significant disruptions to the supply chain since February, but that doesn’t mean that manufacturers don’t have to carefully manage news of those disruptions when their customers will be affected.

Supply Chain is Boring – Episode-512

Robotics have been applied to a wide range of business problems over the last few decades, and the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Now, robots are stepping in to help companies meet the elevated demand of eCommerce at a time when they can’t put more people in their existing facilities.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-510

Even though many states and cities are facing a surge in new COVID-19 cases, companies have learned from the challenges of the spring and summer and are ready. Whether they are CPG manufacturers, in food production, or provide technology, they are going into the second wave armed and ready.

Supply Chain Now – Episode-551

There are many different aspects of a supply chain that can be outsourced or executed through third parties, but few service providers can handle them all. ALOM seems to be one of the exceptions to this rule, providing everything from procurement and inventory management to ecommerce and reverse logistics.

Digital Transformers – Episode-559

When most consumers think about telecommunications, they are likely to focus on the devices they use to access it. None of those gadgets would have any value, however, without the vast improvements in connectivity we have seen over the last few years.