Amit Sekhri took up trucking in the thick of the Great Recession, drawn in part by the freedom of driving the open roads. He was prepared for long hours and weeks away from home. But two of his biggest — and least expected — gripes were the constant phone calls and late payments. Like many
This article first appeared in the September 2019 issue of Inside Supply Management® magazine, a publication of the Institute for Supply Management®, a Tempe, Arizona-based global supply management association. Author Sue Doerfler is Senior Writer for the magazine. The article is reprinted with permission. North Carolina State University’s (NCSU) Poole College of Management recently made what it
I had the opportunity to speak at the annual SRM Summit coordinated by State of Flux, led by their leader Alan Day. Alan spoke on insights from their annual SRM “book”, which included survey results on the current state of SRM. Alan presented the six pillars of SRM and provided an update on these. Here
Each year, the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals hosts a panel of experts who venture their views on future trends, respond to one another’s predictions, then poll the audience, which votes by holding up either green AGREE or red DISAGREE cards. The event is moderated by Carl Guardino, president
This white paper gives an overview of how we got to this point of Supply Chain uncertainty and political dilemmas, the impact it has from a global perspective and how we can prepare and plan to deal with these situations during challenging and changing times. This new global trade landscape marked by international and technological