SCDigest Editor, Dan Gilmore, has done projects before and since, but nothing was quite like the year he spent at totes Isotoner putting in an automated distribution system in a new DC in Cincinnati 10 years ago. Lessons for today.

How do you get the right balance of strategic and tactical supply chain initiatives? And do Important but Not Urgent initiatives usually get pushed to the back, then pushed again? A study from Gartner says Yes, in part.

The environment is both challenging and highly dynamic right now, perhaps like no other since the dawn of the supply chain management era. Does that make it a good time for supply chain transformation?

How was overall inventory performance in 2007? SCDigest looks at the results from the annual working capital report, and highlights the sectors that performed well and those that did not.

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.