Jul 14, 2024
Supply disruption risk has risen as one of the top challenges for supply chain managers. Recent disruptions such as the Texas Polar Vortex that impacted resin markets, the North Carolina…
Apr 10, 2024
I recently sat on an ASTM F49 Committee Meeting on supply chain standards (I serve as the pro bono secretary for the committee). ASTM International is a standards development organization…
Jan 2, 2024
Running a Purchasing Cooperative involves many stakeholders! As President and CEO Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions (RSCS), Todd Imhoff is responsible for all aspects of RSCS’s business strategy, overseeing the quick-service restaurant…
Jun 11, 2023
A recent paper published in the PAR Journal, written by myself, Andrea Patrucco, Zhaohui Wu, Christoper Yukins, and Tanner Slaughter, reveals some insights into the reasons for failure of the…
Mar 19, 2023
This is another blog from my colleague Rajinder Bhandal. Keep them coming! March 2023 Reflecting on the year 2010! Back in 2010, Professor Rob Handfield produced a report titled ‘Planning…
Jan 28, 2023
This is the second guest blog from Craig Lukasik , an MBA supply chain graduate from the Poole College of Management’s supply chain program. In this thought piece he debates…
Jan 1, 2023
As we go into the first week of 2023, many are wondering what’s ahead for global commerce and supply chains. As I’ve done in prior years, I’ll make a few…
Dec 15, 2022
In today’s Wall Street Journal, I was interviewed regarding a case that was just filed against Amazon by a large robotics , claiming that the e-commerce giant backed away from…
Jul 19, 2022
I had the pleasure of hearing Professor Jason Miller from Michigan State University speak to the Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies members today, sharing with us a variety of fascinating…
Jul 6, 2022
We hear a lot about the shortage of semiconductors these days in the news, and the complaints are especially loud in the automotive sector. On top of that, many new…