Director’s Blog
Jason Miller Blog Post Part 1: Grocery stores aren’t gouging consumers – their costs are going up!..
It is my pleasure to begin this series of joint blog posts with Jason Miller, Associate Professor of Logistics at Michigan State University. Jason has been terrific about sharing new insights on the economy based on a variety of different […]
Recommendations to the US government for domestic alignment of supply chains in 2022
The lessons of 2020 and 2021 have led many organizations to begin questioning whether a domestic supply base is something that should be considered. The executives I’m speaking with are considering how to re-align their supply chains, and the word […]
Are Procurement and Logistics Executives Aligned When Faced with Current Supply Chain Challenges?
Procurement and supply chain executives are on the “same team” – and in general, a recent study conducted by the SCRC and GEP suggests that there is strong alignment between the two functions when it comes to prioritizing lower risks […]
SCRC Supply Chain Index contributes again to the 2021 Wall Street Journal Top 250 Best Managed Companies
This year, as in the past five years, our supply chain index contributed to the overall ranking of firms in the top 250 best managed companies, as ranked by the Drucker Institute. The top companies in 2011 included the following: […]
Maybe its time for consumers to consume less…Market Satiation as a new supply chain strategy
The current set of supply chain disruptions is being set off by a combination of COVID cases and energy disruptions in manufacturing hubs around the world, labor shortages, lack of capital infrastructure investment, misaligned transportation resources (a lack of containers, […]
Human-machine Tradeoffs in Supply Chain Decisions (and the LA Port)
The current set of supply chain disruptions is bringing increased focus on the need for digital transformation of our supply chains. Nowhere is digital transformation needed more than the Los Angeles port, where major operational disconnects are occurring between ships, […]
It’s a Great Time To Be a Supply Chain Major!
In the midst of all of the news about supply chain shortages and problems at ports, there is a silver lining in all of this; the demand for supply chain students to solve these problems has never been greater! In […]
Los Angeles Port Bottlenecks Don’t Have Any Short-term Fixes
There is no question that the LA port is one of the biggest economic bottlenecks facing the United States. The success of the port is undeniably tied to the success of the global economy. The Los Angeles port has experienced […]
The Increasing Role of Climate Change in Supply Chain Disruptions
Major supply chain disruptions due to weather-related incidents are on the rise, and one can’t dismiss these as a “once-in-a-century” event any more. The Texas freeze and Hurricane Ida severely disrupted petrochemical production, which had a ripple effect on the […]
What would you do if you discovered modern slavery in your supply chain? The role of psychological distance…
In a recent article published in the Journal of Operations Management (“The role of psychological distance in organizational responses to modern slavery risk in supply chains“), I along with a team of co-authors from Australia and Finland worked to understand […]