Supply Chain Management Review

Executive takeaways Build uncertainty into operating decisions. Incorporate volatility into network design, sourcing strategies, and regularly updated contingency plans. Develop AI’s supporting capabilities together. Data quality, governance, employee skills, and cybersecurity influence whether AI ca...

Executive takeaways Design around product flow. Evaluate how routing, warehouse locations, and handoffs affect the path from supplier to customer. Consider selective direct fulfillment. Serving some customers from an import-region facility can avoid unnecessary movement through a central distribution center. Plan for seasonal ...

First Shift is SCMR’s daily briefing on the supply chain developments executives need to know, delivering concise context on logistics, procurement, planning, manufacturing, technology and global trade with links to the original reporting.

Today is Monday, Oct. 12

1. Hormuz traffic falls as military action reaches commercial shipping

Strait of Hormuz vessel t...

Executive takeaways Most organizations that run successful predictive analytic pilot projects fail to integrate them into their larger organizational processes. In fact, in many cases, the organization will limit its use of predictive analytics to a very small number of use cases. The biggest obstacle facing organizations trying to implement predictive analytics on a la...

First Shift is SCMR’s daily briefing on the supply chain developments executives need to know, delivering concise context on logistics, procurement, planning, manufacturing, technology and global trade with links to the original reporting.

Today is Thursday, Oct. 8

1. Tanker costs weaken U.S. crude’s appeal in Asia

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