Construction industry supply chains are strengthening their last mile delivery capabilities in response to customers who are more and more demanding. Customers expect work to be performed more quickly, accurately, and with higher quality than ever before. As a result, construction businesses are
Logistics and Supply Chain Competition 2021 – Indonesia
SCM Globe collaborated with Dr. Rachmawati Wangsaputra and her colleagues at Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen Logistik (STIMLOG), a college of the Bandung Institute of Technology, to organize the first International Logistics and Supply Chain Competition in Indonesia. In addition to STIMLOG students, more
Local & Sustainable Supply Chains – The Blue Ocean Cooperative
Imagine an aqua farmer's cooperative called "Blue Ocean Co-op". Its member farmers sell what they grow and harvest at their ocean farms to the cooperative, and the co-op focuses on finding customers and delivering the seafood to those customers. The co-op also finds suppliers to provide operating
Hyperloop in Middle East Supply Chains
Four industrial engineering students at the American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), created a set of supply chain models and simulations to analyze the potential for using hyperloop technology to improve regional supply chains in the Middle East. Their project won first place in
A Serious Game Called Cincinnati Seasonings
Hello, my name is Hui Rong 'Christine' Zhuge, and I am presently a billing specialist at TOC Logistics International, in Indianapolis, Indiana USA (LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hui-rong-zhuge-24a5501ba/ ). I would like to share my learning experience using a serious game and supply
Four Participants in Every Supply Chain
There are four kinds of participants in every supply chain. They perform the activities that make a supply chain work and provide a reason for it to exist. These participants are: 1) producers; 2) distributors or wholesalers; 3) retailers; and 4) customers or consumers. Supplying customers demand
Strategic Supply Chains – Improving Battle Strategies
Teams of Air Force officers studying military logistics at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) used simulations to recreate and redesign the supply chains that supported three critical campaigns of World War II. Those campaigns were: 1) British Army's campaign against the Italian and
Balancing Supply Chain Risk and Performance
Maximizing supply chain performance at the lowest operating costs and the lowest inventory levels means eliminating duplication of facilities and redundancy of vehicles and routes. It also means reducing safety stock and work-in-process inventory at facilities. BUT elimination of duplicate