Supply chain risk management is important for all organizations, including state and local governments. As with any challenge, the solution does not begin with technology but with a clear ...

The supply chain has always been a balancing act. Whether it is cost and efficiency, customer service vs. profitability, or in modern times resiliency vs. risk. And now, we are increasingly seeing ...

This is a revised column from one that Dr. Chaman Jain, the editor of the Journal of Business Forecasting (JBF), recently asked me to write. It discussed the relationship between strategic and ...

While predictions are as volatile as the future they predict, trends are often more reliable, and preparations for those trends are well within the abilities of every company in every industry. Some ...

Rapid shifts and geopolitical pressures have brought into sharp focus the key role the supply chain plays in keeping just ...

I’ve talked to companies that implement supply chain software as a way of triggering a digital supply chain transformation. In some cases, these companies have a hard time articulating what “digital ...

Inflation, economic instability, materials and labor shortages, climate change—almost any disruption you can imagine is a pressure point that makes procurement and supply chain management ...

As America continues to face the effects of inflation, natural disasters and geopolitical unrest, the need for supply chain resilience remains in sharp focus. The president’s executive order on ...