What is the right way to measure inventory management effectiveness? SCDigest readers have their say - brilliantly.

From a changed consumer to a permanent feeling that cash is king, SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore offers his perspective on how the Great Recession will change the practice of Supply Chain Management.

In several areas of business, pundits are saying that the Great Recession will create a new normal - things really will be different. True also for the Supply Chain? We take a look.

Goodbye -- and good riddance to the 1st half of 2009. Under the background of the great recession, we summarize the key supply chain stories from the first six months of 2009.

We all know senior management support for supply chain projects is critical - right? But just what is that, really? And why do executives keep letting some projects through they really do not support?

A few weeks ago, we updated our list of the top Supply Chain disasters of all time. What can we learn from those debacles? We summarize key lessons.

2008 was a tough year to summarize from a logistics perspective - from soaring oil prices in the first half, to the financial collapse in Q4. As always, we review the annual CSCMP report, and identify the key insights.

When Home Depot realized its supply chain was a competitive disadvantage, it was time for action...and that included a rollout of 20 new flow though DCs in just 3 years, plus centralization of ordering and replenishment.

Relatively new retailer requirements banning other bar codes on cartons and mandating variable GS1-128 label placement will cause operational diffiiculty for consumer goods vendors.

Many bemoan the apparent drop in US and Western manufacturing to low cost countries. Can US manufacturing be saved? And should it? There are many opinions.