For good reasons, the consumer goods to retail supply chain is our most prominent, but it is also one full of conundrums. Read SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore's take on key issues and trends

Supply Chain Digest Editor Dan Gilmore offers 10 of the most thought-provoking quotes from presentations at the CSCMP 2008 conference. Agree or disagree, they will make you think.

When it comes to supply chain transformation, after all is said and done, much more is usually said than done; here is a game plan for change.

Did you attend CSCMP 20O8 in Denver? As always, SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore was there. He gives his overall conference review, plus summarize the takeaways from the best sessions he attended.

As supply chain thinking matures, supply chain leaders increasingly are focusing on Supply Chain Alignment across several dimensions. We look at the SCM Alignment Megatrend, and offer insight into improving integration between the Supply Chain and the business.

Will the crash of the US financial markets auger a return to a more product centered economy? And what does that really mean. SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore shares reader comments and offers his thoughts.

The craziness in the financial markers only adds to the current stress and dynamics facing companies and their supply chains. What''s next? No one knows - which is why flexibility and supply chain intelligence are more important than ever.

In the post-Wal-Mart RFID era, where do things stand? Still a little slow in supply chain applications, our panel of experts agree, but there are signs that is starting to change - and many companies really are committed to knowing where everything is all the time.

Kimberly Clark has built a supply chain for the future, and that effort involved a substantial and, in some ways, jarring change to both its network and existing paradigms. We talked with KCC's VP of North American Supply Chain Mark Jamison.

Is Inventory Optimization A mindset, a strategy, a goal, a software category? Yes, yes, yes and yes. SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore looks at Inventory Management trends and the relatively new category of Inventory Optimization software.