SupplyChainBrainMore from SupplyChainBrainAll TechnologyStrategies for Effective Transfer of KnowledgeEven though some traditional forms of learning continue, companies are turning more and more to digital technology and learning tools to collect, analyze and share knowledge, says Sarah Sedgman, Kinaxis chief knowledge officer.February 13, 2017All TechnologyThe Role of IT as Competitive Global SCM StrategyThe long-term objective at Roland DG Corp. is to elevate its supply chain organization to the strategic decision-making level, says Zoltan Pekar, vice president of the company's global supply chain division.February 10, 2017All TechnologyLong-Term Product Vision and StrategyIt's no exaggeration to say that supply chain planning is seeing a revolution, says Jack Noppe, chief technology officer at Kinaxis. Now, no function or department has to plan in the dark or without knowledge of how a plan affects others in the supply chain.February 9, 2017All TechnologyAdapting Supply Chains to the Digital Phase of BusinessThere's no doubt that the digital supply chain is of great benefit to a company, but we need to look at the world of social media to learn how to maximize use of digitalization, says Trevor Miles, vice president of thought leadership at Kinaxis.February 8, 2017All TechnologySupply Chain Centers of Excellence and Customer SuccessThe ideal center of excellence not only supports internal teams at a company but advocates for customers, says Leah McGuire, director of the Kinaxis Center of Excellence.February 7, 2017All TechnologyContinuous Sales and Operations Planning Process at TE ConnectivityThe task of linking systems of any company with truly global reach is difficult enough to begin with, says Lindsey Kathmann, supply chain analyst at TE Connectivity, but complexity is heightened when the enterprise is structured into separate business units, some with their own spinoffs.February 6, 2017All TechnologyTrends in Pharmaceutical Supply ChainsMerging two companies is seldom easy, but it's even more difficult when their supply chains are highly dissimilar, says Jim Calarese, director of supply chain systems at Sanofi Genzyme.February 6, 2017All LogisticsTaming Supply Chain ComplexityFor Xilinx Inc., a supplier of programmable logic devices, the focus is more on speed than optimization, says Alex Brown, vice president of supply chain.February 3, 2017All TechnologyImproving Production Planning EfficiencySpeed and accuracy are everything to a company, says Jenny Balderrama, production planner at Keysight Technologies. All too often, however, speed is associated with orders arriving rather the ability to meet them. And accurate forecasting? Forget that.February 3, 2017All TechnologyDon't Make Integration an Afterthought When Choosing Supply Chain Visibility SolutionsAs the complexity of managing global supply chains grows, the need for collaboration across the entire ecosystem of internal and external stakeholders and partners has risen sharply. A company's supply chain is its lifeblood - both upstream with suppliers, and downstream with customers - directly impacting topline growth and bottom line performance.December 28, 2016Previous PagePage 455 of 589Next Page
