In supply planning, optimization is critical. Optimization, another solution used by supply chain software vendors for over two decades, is now considered a form of AI. Optimization works, it delivers ...

A testbed built around one of management education’s most enduring simulations, the MIT Beer Distribution Game, has shown ...

When we understand which levers are the most important and can be flexible and creative in our thinking, we’re able to be ...

An adaptive supply chain continuously detects constraints, adjusts routing and sourcing decisions in real time, and learns ...

Through the Center for Supply Chain Excellence, the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University offers executive education programs that provide every member of the supply chain ...

In 2021, the waves of the pandemic started to quickly unravel supply chains across the world. Manufacturing plants slowed or even closed, ports experienced unprecedented back-ups, and transportation ...

When the supply chain plan is in sync with other operational plans within the company, the entire process of receiving and shipping products runs much more smoothly. In isolation, a supply chain ...

Supply chain management (SCM) combines analytical thinking with practical steps. The goal is to manage the flow of goods and services from the suppliers of raw materials to the final product's use by ...

Supply chain planners don’t have these luxuries. Most of their experiments happen in the real world, where production schedules, budgets, and customer expectations are all on the line. Volatility has ...

The ever-increasing focus on supply chain issues and operations underlines the growing need for supply chain management professionals. Students pursuing a B.B.A. from WMU Haworth complete coursework ...

The supply chain and operations management concentration within the management major is a comprehensive introduction to operations management, procurement, logistics, project management, and Six Sigma ...

Beverages giant PepsiCo is planning to review its North American supply chain as it engages with activist investor Elliott ...