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The supply chain of the future

Instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. That is IBM’s vision of the supply chain of the future. The report features an interesting table, where these three characteristics are linked to SCM competencies and how they can be implemented.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Pork Barrel spending?
Why is it that some infrastructure projects in sparsely populated regions of Norway receive more fun[...]
Disaster Relief Supply Chains
While some aspects of commercial logistics and supply chain management are fully applicable for disa[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation
This book, The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation: Contributions to Theory, Method and Measur[...]
Book Review: Transportation Network Analysis
Transportation Network Analysis by M. G. H. Bell and Yasunori Iida is a book for the expert rather t[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Risk management - Vocabulary
What is risk management in supply chains? The more I study supply chain risk management, the more co[...]
Stemming the rising tide
Are you are taking radically different actions than your peers when it comes to supply chain risk ma[...]
from HERE and THERE
No grit No roads No show?
Today's rather cryptic title reflects on the impacts of the current winter weather, and is a fitting[...]
Volcanic Ash Cloud Day 5
Today is Day Five of the infamous Iceland volcanic ash cloud disruption. What just a week ago was a [...]