The manufacturing supply chain is, by definition, the epitome of complexity. There are changing demands for product, varying levels of lead times for supplies, the balancing of production capacity, ...

Supply chains today are more complex than ever before. Disruptions created by material shortages, climate disasters, and geopolitical tensions have added to an already complicated process, leaving ...

Not so long ago, supply chain disruptions were limited to a dockyard strike or a storm off the Atlantic Coast. Now vulnerabilities are everywhere: A pandemic shuts down entire factories, tariffs shift ...

Handre Dreyer: Director Operational Technologies, 4Sight. If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that supply chains are living, breathing entities, prone to sudden shocks and ...

LYON, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cosmo Tech, a market leader in AI-Simulation software for enterprise decision making, today announces it has been selected by Fermob, the French designer and ...

Optimization is great for many things but terrible at capturing uncertainty and implementing recommendations on its own. Implementing optimization recommendations still requires a big dose of, “Well, ...

It's 3 a.m. in a manufacturing plant. A critical component shortage threatens to halt production of 2,000 units. The procurement team won't arrive for hours. In yesterday's world, this meant costly ...

Compiled By Deborah Austin Envision it as a supply-chain logistics "flight simulator" for managers: Lockwood Greene has launched its Supply Chain Logistics Model, a ...

Best of the best. Best in class. The elite. Whatever terminology you use to describe the top performers in industry, they all have one thing in common: Companies try to emulate them. That is not easy, ...

In the diagram can be seen a three-level government-led food supply chain structure, comprising designated suppliers, district-level warehouses, and communities. Designated suppliers (20 in total, ...