Delivery:Delivery is the final step in the forward supply chain and entails getting goods or services to customers, whether another business or consumers. The company must organize and prioritize orders to ensure it can meet promised delivery timelines and avoid downstream issues, like high-demand S...
physical footprints is a critical starting point. While it will take time to adapt supply or value chains (given challenges related to finding and qualifying alternative suppliers and to building new plants),taking a fresh look at networks and supply chain structurescan help companies move forward....
Sustainability in supply chains is no longer a future aspiration—it is a present necessity. Adopting sustainable practices is the only viable path forward for businesses that seek to thrive in a socially conscious, resource-constrained world. Infor Nexus offers a comprehensive platform that equips bu...
s equally important in everyday life, whether you’re picking out an app, determining the best use of your money, or even deciding where to dine next Saturday. Due diligence is about being informed, prepared, and forward-looking in all your decisions. It’s the art and science of ...
A supply chain map is a living document, evolving as your supply network responds to changing business circumstances and goals.
Perhaps a project is shipped on time, but malicious code was long ago injected into those open source components on which that project was built. If the malicious code is discovered prior to the project shipping, that’s great. But now, instead of continuing with forward progress, remediation...
Supply Chain Resilience: What It Is and How to Improve It In mid-March, the cargo ship Ever Forward hit some shallow mud in the Chesapeake Bay and became stuck. That this was the sister ship of the Ever Ready, famous for blocking the Suez Canal, was just an interesting coincidence. That...
And be sure to document everything about the incident—not just for legal reasons, but to help you pinpoint your company’s vulnerabilities and strengthen your defenses moving forward. Types of supply chain attacks Supply chain attacks come in different forms, yet all are designed to exploit ...
Hyperledger participants believe that “only an Open Source, collaborative software development approach can ensure the transparency, longevity, interoperability and support required to bring blockchain technologies forward to mainstream commercial adoption.” ...
AsGartner explains, supply chain planning is the “forward-looking process of coordinating assets to optimize the delivery of goods, services, and information from supplier to customer, balancing supply and demand.” Supply chain strategies for small business ...