The Importance of Suppliers and Relationship Management
This past year has brought supply chains into the news more than ever before. With issues regarding the chip crisis, shipping containers, scarce raw materials, it seems all areas of the supply chain are affected. Some of these issues are beyond our control. In our latest article, we wanted to address the importance of suppliers […]
The Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs
Supply chain key performance indicators and metrics are ways in which someone can quantify the performance of their company’s supply chain to gain a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses. In sports and athletics, simply observing athletes perform can tell us if they’re good enough, but we use statistics to measure their performance. Players […]
Closing the Gender Gap: Women in Supply Chain featuring Carol Valentine Fleck
This week, we sat down with supply chain veteran Carol Valentine Fleck. With over 27 years of experience in the world of supply chain, primarily in the manufacturing sector, she’s worked for a few different industries: telecommunications, healthcare, and glass packaging. Her career journey has allowed her opportunities to work internationally in The United States, […]
3 Supply Chain Issues Within The Cosmetics Industry
Cosmetics is a half-trillion dollar industry that is continuing to expand. The cosmetics industry is growing among young people, especially due to increased marketing promotions and paid influencer campaigns on social media, and the recent trend towards focusing on self-care. As with any industry, an efficient and transparent supply chain is necessary in order to […]
How much plastic packaging is in your supply chain?
From plastic bottles to Styrofoam to shrink wrap, plastic packaging is a big part of many supply chains, especially for companies in the consumer-packaged goods sector. And all that plastic has serious environmental consequences. Producing it generates nearly a gigatonne of greenhouse gas emissions each year. And it’s a major source of air pollution, since […]
5 Ways to Improve Supply Chain Visibility Through Data Analytics
Visibility is extremely important when it comes to having an efficient and productive supply chain. It’s the ability for every member of the supply chain to be able to successfully monitor and track the process of goods being delivered to the customer. Having supply chain visibility allows for fewer disruptions, increased communication, better customer service […]