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January 07, 2010

Supply Chain Year In Review 2009

In one of the strangest Supply Chain years ever, in 2009 supply chain and logistics were driven like no other year by the economy. We take an end to end look at the key SCM trends and new stories for 2009.

TOPICS : Supply Chain Trends

December 17, 2009

Twas the Night Before a Supply Chain Christmas 2009

What does St. Nick have in store for the good little supply chain girls and boys? Find out in this funny supply chain revamp of the Clement Moore original.

TOPICS : Fun stuff

December 14, 2009

No Supply Chain Blah, Blah, Blah 2009

Our annual list of the best supply chain and logistics presentations of 2009.

TOPICS : Fun stuff | Supply chain thought leadership

December 04, 2009

Supply Chain News: State of Demand Planning 2009

2010 may be the toughest year to forecast ever - and now is the right time to look at key issues and trends in demand planning for the supply chain.

TOPICS : Demand planning/management | Forecasting | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software | Supply Chain Trends

November 19, 2009

Understanding Supply Chain Analysts

You know the names: Gartner, AMR, Forrester, etc. But what do they really do, and how to best take advantage? We take a look.

TOPICS : Supply Chain Basics | Supply chain thought leadership

November 13, 2009

Why Bad Supply Chain Processes?

Consistently, companies that start a new supply chain initiative find they have supply chain processes that badly need revamping. But why does it always seem to take companies so long to figure that out?

TOPICS : Managing effectively | Supply chain excellence

November 05, 2009

The Real Value of (Less) Inventory

We are familar with inventory turns, inventory carrying costs - but the most powerful impact of reducing inventory levels is on free cash flow generation - and ultimately a direct tie to shareholder value.

TOPICS : Supply chain finance | Inventory management | Supply Chain Basics | Supply chain excellence

October 29, 2009

Supply Chain News: The 50% Problem 2009

It is like an iron law - companies tend to consistently rate themselves near the top of SCM performance - even though by definition, 50% are below average. We cite fresh examples - and recommend what to do about it.

TOPICS : Benchmarking | Project management | Managing effectively | Metrics/Performance measurement | Supply chain excellence

October 22, 2009

Supply Chain 2015

What will the supply chain of the future look like? SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore offers 10 predictions for the Supply Chain 2015.

TOPICS : Supply chain thought leadership | Supply Chain Trends

October 15, 2009

Logistics New: Automated Case Picking is Coming

A new generation of case picking technologies is here - and SCDigest has it all in a new report.

TOPICS : Distribution | Material handling automation | Order picking