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Supply Chain Mapping (Insights from Indago)
By Adrian Gonzalez
In Industry Trends, Supply Chain Risk Management
Posted September 14, 2020

Supply Chain Mapping (Insights from Indago)

In the post Hidden Suppliers Can Make or Break Your Operations (Harvard Business Review, May 2015), the authors write, “With the size and complexity of supply chains soaring, a daunting [...]

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Safety Stock
By Indago
In Industry Trends
Posted August 31, 2020

Safety Stock

A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted how "a decades-long effort to eke out more profit by keeping inventory low [i.e., lean manufacturing, just-in-time] left many manufacturers [...]

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Virtual Supply Chain Conferences
By Adrian Gonzalez
In Industry Trends
Posted August 19, 2020

Virtual Supply Chain Conferences

One of our most popular posts every year is our Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend post. A few weeks after publishing this year’s list, the COVID-19 pandemic began. It didn’t take [...]

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Important Supply Chain Capabilities
By Indago
In Industry Trends
Posted August 10, 2020

Important Supply Chain Capabilities

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for (and importance of) certain supply chain capabilities. Which capabilities will become more important or essential moving forward?

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Falling Into Supply Chain Management
By Adrian Gonzalez
In Industry Trends
Posted August 10, 2020

Falling Into Supply Chain Management

Many current supply chain professionals say that they “fell into” the field — that is, they started their careers elsewhere but ultimately ended up in a supply chain role.  [...]

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Supply Chain Certifications: Are They Worth It?
By Adrian Gonzalez
In Industry Trends, Leadership Development
Posted July 20, 2020

Supply Chain Certifications: Are They Worth It?

There are various supply chain and logistics certifications that industry professionals can pursue from APICS, ISM, CSCMP, and other organizations. Is getting a certification important for career [...]

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Supply Chain in High School
By Adrian Gonzalez
In Industry Trends, Leadership Development
Posted June 24, 2020

Supply Chain in High School

In March 2011, I wrote a post making the case that, like in baseball, the supply chain and logistics industry needed a farm system to attract and develop the next generation of leaders. As I [...]

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Transportation Benefits Via Smarter Packaging/Product Design (Insights from Indago Members)
By Adrian Gonzalez
In Industry Trends, Transportation Management
Posted June 1, 2020

Transportation Benefits Via Smarter Packaging/Product Design (Insights from Indago Members)

A big opportunity to reduce the number of trucks required to ship products is by developing smarter packaging (see “Bubble Wrap Loses Its Pop For Logistics Cost Savings”). How often does your [...]

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The Missing Chief Supply Chain Officer: Insights from Indago Members
By Adrian Gonzalez
In Industry Trends
Posted May 6, 2020

The Missing Chief Supply Chain Officer: Insights from Indago Members

A few weeks ago, we asked our Indago members a simple question: Does your company have a Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO)? Only 21% of our member respondents said their companies have a CSCO; an [...]

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Helping Suppliers Through COVID-19 Crisis
By Indago
In Industry Trends, Supply Chain Risk Management
Posted April 20, 2020

Helping Suppliers Through COVID-19 Crisis

In a recent Harvard Business Review post titled “It’s Up To Manufacturers to Keep Their Suppliers Afloat,” the authors write: "Supply chains are interdependent ecosystems. Thousands of small [...]

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