Editors Note: This is the first of a two-part article on performance measurement, and continuation of our series on the future of the strategic supply chain by Steven A. Melnyk. Part 2 will appear in ...

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the January-February 2024 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers. Back in 2019, ...

Supply chain businesses have seen their profits erode in recent years by cost pressures, shipping bottlenecks and labor issues. Companies can drive efficiencies and reduce costs by making several ...

Many people still associate supply chain visibility with tracking physical shipments and assets. But there is another, even more important, aspect to visibility: the capability of viewing the data ...

While retailers are leveraging radio frequency identification technologies primarily at their stores for apparel and footwear tracking, SML‘s retailer customers have expressed a common goal to push ...

Every business is unique. For most, simply adopting a single, prescribed approach is a risky move. In the case of Six Sigma, it can be especially tempting to, seeing the success of major companies ...