What is Supply Chain Management? Supply chain management (SCM) is the strategic orchestration of activities that encompass the planning, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution and customer service ...

After early AI agent pilots failed to deliver measurable operational or P&L impact, supply chain leaders are resetting automation strategies by focusing… After AI agent pilots underperformed: ...

Managing the supply chain is a crucial process for a company because an optimized supply chain results in lower costs and a faster production cycle. The entities in the supply chain can include ...

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s IEEPA tariffs: What procurement leaders must do next The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling striking down President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs reshapes the legal landscape ...

Supply chains are experiencing a period of significant disruption and challenge that is unlikely to abate in the short term. Covid-19, the war in Ukraine, rising fuel prices and now a looming ...

In 2021, the waves of the pandemic started to quickly unravel supply chains across the world. Manufacturing plants slowed or even closed, ports experienced unprecedented back-ups, and transportation ...

To paraphrase a much-attributed quote, “Making predictions is hard. Especially if they are about the future.” And the last few years have not made the challenge any easier in the topsy turvy world of ...

Analyst Insight: In the automotive industry, just-in-time inventory management relies on a precise and resilient supply chain. Even minor delays in the manufacturing or transport of a single part can ...

Rutgers Business School supply chain management professor David Dreyfus contributed a chapter to the new book, "Reflections on the Pandemic: Covid and Social Crises in the Year Everything Changed." ...