Walmart is Recruiting a New Supply Chain Leader
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a report indicating that Walmart is seeking a senior executive to lead the retailer’s vast supply chain operations.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Mar 4, 2021 | Manufacturing Strategies, Online Customer Fulfillment, Procurement and Sourcing, Retail Supply Chain, Supply Chain Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Transformation, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a report indicating that Walmart is seeking a senior executive to lead the retailer’s vast supply chain operations.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Mar 2, 2021 | Manufacturing Strategies, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences and Healthcare Supply Chain, Procurement and Sourcing, Product Lifecycle Management, Service-centered Supply Chains, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Performance, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights breaking news indicating that President Joe Biden has indicated that the United States will have enough COVID-19 vaccine supply for all American adults by the end of May.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Mar 2, 2021 | Inventory Management, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Performance, Supply Chain Planning | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February 2021 global manufacturing and supply chain activity level reporting and current trending relative global product demand and supply network trends.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Feb 26, 2021 | Annual Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chain Management, Automotive Supply Chain, High Tech and Consumer Electronics Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Lean and Just-In-Time, Procurement and Sourcing, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Digital Transformation, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Performance, Supply Chain Resilience, Supply Chain Risk Management, Supply Chain Technology, Supply chain wide visibility | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a report in indicating how Toyota has modified its just-in-time processes to factor certain supply network risks including the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Feb 26, 2021 | Automotive Supply Chain, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Strategy | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights published report that Foxconn and Fisker will collaborate on volume manufacturing of electric vehicles along with the implications of these moves.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Feb 25, 2021 | Annual Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Sourcing, Social Responsibility Strategies for Global Supply Chains, Sustainability in Supply Chain, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group, via the Supply Chain Matters blog, highlights a specific 2021 prediction for industry supply chains: More Active Support for Sustainability and CSR Responsibilities.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Feb 24, 2021 | China Supply Chain Strategy, Manufacturing Strategies, Procurement and Sourcing, Supply Chain Strategy | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights an executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden that calls for the review of the global supply chains utilized in four key industries to determine whether U.S. firms are too reliant on certain global suppliers.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Feb 23, 2021 | Aerospace Supply Chain, Procurement and Sourcing, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Quality, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Performance | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides another update regarding the discordant number of events affecting commercial aircraft manufacturer Boeing much of which stems from the aerospace company’s troubled corporate culture. The difference is that now industry watchers are voicing overt concerns.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Feb 22, 2021 | Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences and Healthcare Supply Chain, Procurement and Sourcing, Service-centered Supply Chains, Supply Chain Disruption, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog features a summary capsule of developments directly relative to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for multi-industry supply chains.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Feb 21, 2021 | Book Reviews and Reference Articles, China Supply Chain Strategy, Global trade trends, High Tech and Consumer Electronics Supply Chain, Manufacturing Strategies, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences and Healthcare Supply Chain, Procurement and Sourcing, Social Responsibility Strategies for Global Supply Chains, Supplier Collaboration, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Performance, Supply Chain Strategy, Supply Chain Technology | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides reference to three insightful reports addressing both the ongoing COViD-19 vaccine production ramp-up, as well as Apple’s successes in managing its China based outsourced supply network.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Feb 18, 2021 | China Supply Chain Strategy, Consumer Goods Focused Supply Chain, High Tech and Consumer Electronics Supply Chain, Online Customer Fulfillment, Procurement and Sourcing, Retail Supply Chain, Sales and Operations Planning, Service-centered Supply Chains, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Chain Technology, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a further example of how global transportation carriers have benefited from the significant surge in shipping volumes as well as more leveraged use of technology and business practices to meter capacity availability.
Read Moreby Bob Ferrari | Feb 17, 2021 | Procurement and Sourcing, Sales and Operations Planning, Service-centered Supply Chains, Supply Chain Disruption, Supply chain wide visibility, Transportation and Logistics | 0 |
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides readers a stark reminder that natural disaster events remain a supply chain disruption risk in addition to the ongoing COVID-19 related disruptions.
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