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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

Prior to 2020, every supply chain in the world was challenged by increasing levels of demand unpredictability and market volatility. The sudden onset of COVID-19 only reinforced a lesson that supply chain professionals had already realized: uncertainty is the only real certainty. There are Also Commercial Reasons.

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A Better Way to Think About Integrated Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Paul Delbar from OMP has a different take on what integrated planning means. OMP provides supply chain planning (SCP) solutions. Resilience is About Planning for Agility. Definitions of agility, resilience, visibility, and end-to-end collaboration are all very much tied together. Mr. Delbar exclaimed.

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Data Quality: Your Digital Transformation Depends on It

Logistics Viewpoints

In a prior post , I wrote about the various ways data is transforming global supply chains. Data is the raw fuel of digital transformation and the linchpin to accelerating industry collaboration, automation, predictive insights and so many more cutting-edge capabilities (including those yet to be invented). Inspect before entry.

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A Multibillion-Dollar Supply Chain Market Growing at a Double Digit Rate that Nobody Knows About

Logistics Viewpoints

There is a multibillion-dollar supply chain software market that grew at double digit rates during the pandemic, and will continue to grow fast, that very few supply chain executives have heard of. The solution is called a supply chain collaboration network (SCCN). How can this be? What is this Market? Why the Rebranding?

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Top Takeaways from Coupa Inspire

Logistics Viewpoints

The cloud also allows access to Big Data, which greatly improves the platform’s ability to do machine learning. Coupa also offers a robust, market share leading, supply chain design solution. The top Coupa executives, and the supply chain executives I have interacted with, are still working at Coupa. That has recently changed.

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What are the true causes of ongoing supply chain disruptions?

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Contrary to general opinion, the causes of the supply chain disruptions currently being experienced worldwide were prevalent long before the Covid-19 pandemic. . The current war in Ukraine will further destabilize the global supply chain. Securing the supply of raw materials to keep the business going should be the highest priority.

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Can AI run a supply chain?

Globalior

Can AI run supply chains? Supply chains may be complicated systems, but modern machine learning techs and artificial intelligence have allowed us to consider the possibility of AI running supply chains. Today we will explore what benefits, monetary as well as non-monetary, businesses can obtain by automating their supply chains.