Industry Trends

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 [...]

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 [...]

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?

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.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Will the COVID-19 crisis lead more companies to manufacture and source their products and materials from the United States instead of China and other countries? I’ve been getting asked that [...]