Supply chain management focuses on optimizing the flow of resources and products from suppliers to customers. The primary goal is to minimize material costs and ensure efficient product delivery.

When customers talk to stores and stores talk to buyers and buyers talk to manufacturers the supply chain is the organization in the business that tracks all of the information flows. Here we look at ...

Supply chain management actually refers to the management of how goods and services flow through the production process—from raw material to finished goods that end up in the hands of consumers.

Hyper-collaboration links teams, data and decisions to build supply chain resilience. Here’s how planning teams can apply it ...

As Yaron Shapira, co-founder and CEO of 8fig explained, “Cash flow can make or break an e-commerce business and its supply chain operations. Without cash flow that is optimized according to the ...

The supply chain for goods can involve a far-reaching distribution network depending on the product and where the end customers are located. A manufacturer may have a distribution network to serve ...

The genesis of FLOW was formation of a White House Supply Chain Disruption Task Force in the fall of 2021, formed to monitor congestion at West Coast ports. It was less about determining the status of ...

Retail participants in FLOW include Walmart, Best Buy, Home Depot, Costco, Target, Tractor Supply, Nike, Gap, Ralph Lauren, Dollar General and Ulta Beauty. Several large 3PLs are involved as well, ...