Topic: Blogs

The digitally integrated value chain is making its way into the traditional enterprise

Ever receive a box too big for its contents? What’s worse, the shipper overpaid to ship an unnecessarily oversized box. Automated fit-to-size packaging solves both problems at once.

As the direct interface to loads and inventory, the right lift truck attachments enhance productivity and safety.

We sat down with Rick Blasgen, CEO of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, to discuss his career and more.

On this episode, Steven Bowen, CEO of MainePointe, discusses the steps supply chain managers need to take before a business rebound. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts

Inventory is not necessarily good or bad. It depends.

5G already is being touted for the consumer world, but its use in DCs will be more about connectivity into assets, without adding more traffic to WIFI networks and the security concerns that can entail

On this episode, Rick Blasgen, CEO of CSCMP, discuss the supply chain where supply chain management has been, and where it’s going as a discipline. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

A conversation with Michael Farlekas, CEO of E2open

The pharmaceutical supplier uses a specialty shipping box to keep vaccines at -80°F for up to 10 days on their way to vaccination centers. It’s a major supply chain packaging victory.

COVID-19 has motivated companies to rethink their supply chain designs and practices. Supply chain entrepreneurial embeddedness, a new concept, can show the way.

Modern Material Handling editors sat down with Michael Mikitka, CEO of WERC to discuss Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) and other related topics.

Being proactive about maintenance sounds great, but to make it work you need solid data and metrics on issues like cost per hour and the reasons why repairs were made. Service providers can help with this as well as other pressing concerns like worker safety.

Instead of building up more inventory, retailers at the top of global supply chains need to improve their supply chain resilience and flexibility.

Listen in as Jim Tompkins, chair of Tompkins International, discuss the supply chain as we knew it is morphing into an ecosystem. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

The two defining terms for success in the short and medium-term of the post-pandemic world will be: Risk and Agility.

Listen in as Ranjan Roy, vice president of strategy for Adore Me, discusses what it takes to roll out a subscription-based supply chain

A conversation with Bindiya Vakil, co-founder, Resilinc

Fresh prepared meals are one of the fastest growing segments of the food industry. Freshly talks about what it takes to get the meals from the farm to your table, especially in a pandemic

As recent crises have shown, even the best supply chains can’t escape political, economic and planetary phenomena. It’s time for a new approach