For decades, businesses across industries have faced a particularly thorny problem: the disconnect between demand, procurement and supply chain management. Many companies have trouble delivering goods ...

Maximizing supply chain optionality is no longer a luxury—it is a necessity for navigating the complexity businesses face ...

While historically often neglected, the last five years have shown that supply chain management (SCM) is mission-critical for many firms. From pandemic disruptions to geopolitical shocks and ...

Historically, in its most simple definition, the “supply chain” division of retail was the one in charge of getting stuff in, maybe storing it for a while — maybe not (cross-docking) — and then ...

The primary supply chain function is to ensure availability of supplies, equipment, and services at the best available rates, the top supply chain officer at RWJBarnabas Health says. The key to ...

McKinsey & Company experts say health systems should focus on three areas to boost the performance of their supply chains. A recent article produced by McKinsey & Company provides advice on how health ...

After mergers or acquisitions, health systems typically look to move select hospital functions into a corporate organization, including those in the supply chain. While this strategy may make good ...

Companies are reevaluating their approach to supply chain management. Learn how supply chain is moving into the C-suite. Almost all manufacturers are recovering from losses dealt them by COVID. Given ...

Almost all manufacturers are currently recovering from losses dealt them by COVID-19. Given the disruptions caused by the global pandemic, companies have been re-evaluating their approach to supply ...

However, barriers remain, as fewer than 10% of surveyed companies have reached near-full automation of key supply chain functions, and over 45% remain below the 25% digitization mark. Bridging the gap ...

With supply chain leaders in the healthcare industry facing numerous challenges in 2021, it’s important to also highlight the successes from the past year as well. Shannon Kelso, VP of Acute Sales at ...