Supply Chain Innovation

Feb 27, 2014

Small Business Manufacturing in America: Innovate, Design, Develop and Manufacture

I had a remarkable interview with a medium sized supplier today, that has truly found a business model which I believe holds a promise for a new industrial revolution in… 

Feb 9, 2014

Look to Your Suppliers to Drive Innovation

As organizations face a challenging market for global growth, the knowledge that innovation is the life blood for market expansion is well understood.  As R&D budgets become more constrained or… 

Jan 28, 2014

So what exactly is Supplier Relationship Management, anyway?

A lot of terminology is being thrown in pubic forums, using terms such as collaboration, partnering, relationship management, and other themes.  These terms are, in my opinion, being over-used, without… 

Dec 16, 2013

Handfield's Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

2013 has certainly been an interesting year!   I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives… 

Oct 30, 2013

Natural Gas is Cheaper and More Sustainable for Transportation….Just Ask Truckers!

Today’s story in the Wall Street Journal discusses how more operators of the largest truck fleets in the US are in the process of converting their fleets over to natural… 

Oct 24, 2013

Posts from the BVL Conference on Logistics Innovation: Continental's Vision for the Automated Vehicle

I had the opportunity to participate in the BVL International Logistics Congress in Berlin Germany this week.  There was a great deal of discussion regarding expectations for the global economy,… 

Sep 18, 2013

Procurement Leaders Forum Part 2: Procurement's Role in Open Innovation

Steve Baggott, the leader of Procter and Gamble’s Connect+Develop open innovation program spoke at Procurement Leaders this morning, and shared the importance of changing views of working with suppliers. Steve… 

Aug 18, 2013

Another Fall semester brings a new batch of 50 SCRC company projects…

As we go into our 2013 fall semester, the SCRC team is pulling together the list of project summaries from our 15 corporate partners.  This is indeed a busy time… 

Aug 1, 2013

Effective supply chain management through social networking: Guest Blog by Nicholas Moores

Today’s blog is a guest post by Nick Moores on social networking for supply chains.  Although this is a topic that is bandied about a great deal, Nick shares some… 

Jul 19, 2013

Emerald Citation of Excellence 2013 for supply chain innovation article

I learned today that one of the articles I published with colleagues from the University of Tennessee, Oxford University, and Manchester University was cited for the 2013 Emerald citation of…