Let’s take our annual deep dive into the nation’s Top 50 trucking companies—25 LTL and 25 truckload (TL)—to see what the best ...

Leaders emphasized that current organizational structures often act as a barrier to procurement value contribution. Despite ...

This Insights column is an update to one I wrote more than seven years ago—“Advocate for responsible outsourcing” (November ...

The advent of AI as a widely available business tool has given rise to numerous applications that are proliferating at a ...

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, procurement professionals are more crucial than ever. However, organizations ...

Lopez moved aggressively, putting existing supply contracts out to bid. Pitted against one another—and dependent on GM for their own survival—suppliers competed fiercely for business. In just two ...

Aligning strategy, supply chain, and finance have never been more relevant. Today’s business environment exists within an increasingly dynamic, connected, and consumer-oriented economy. These shifting ...

Because supply chains are traditionally fragmented, unstructured, and complex, building a resilient one is even more critical to business growth. An “unshaken supply chain” is built on strong networks ...

The wave of AI technologies is driving both excitement and skepticism in the supply chain professional community. The promise of catching the excitement of a rogue wave fueled by numerous ...

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, cold storage and refrigerated transportation businesses were responding to high demand ...

With the current inputs of costs and FTEs for procurement, one way to improve the output (productivity) is through automation. APQC again looked at its benchmarking data to determine the current state ...

Inspiration can come from many places, but maybe it’s time to spend more effort on studying nature and what it can teach us about supply chain innovation. Tariffs will have a major impact on your ...