Supply Chain Management Articles Library, Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, NC State University

Supply Chain Resource Cooperative. Blockchain pilots can support technology diffusion. I was a panelist on the Zycus / BG Webinar on AI in procurement today, and enjoyed speaking with Jon Hansen from Procurement Insights, Sally Hughes from IACCM, and Jack Shaw from the American Blockchain Council. Although the discussion was […] Sep 26, 2018 | Articles. Changing Executive Mindsets on Global Product Integrity: The Fight Against Counterfeiting Is Here to Stay. I recently interviewed the Director of Brand Protection at a large pharmaceutical company, who shared with me the timeline around how his company gradually shifted and changed its views on brand security, and built a business case around the need […] Sep 18, 2018 | Director's Blog. The Value of Company Collaboration in an MBA Supply Chain Program. The NC State Poole College of Management’s Jenkins MBA supply chain management program rose four places to No. 15 in Gartner Research’s 2018 ranking of graduate supply chain programs in North America. Results of the survey were published on August […] Sep 5, 2018 | Articles. You Can’t Buy Digital Transformation “Off the Shelf”…(And Expect Results) Companies everywhere are setting aside budgets for investment in upgrading their analytics capabilities. Very often, this involves investments in cloud-based computing, data warehouses, artificial intelligence, business intelligence dashboards, and multiple other forms of software and hardware investments. But the truth […] Aug 24, 2018 | Articles. New MBA Healthcare Analytics Class Takes Off This Fall. Healthcare providers are facing continued lower operating margins, increased risks and potentially once-in-a-lifetime health care reform. With this backdrop, there is an increasing focus on Supply Chain Management as a means to minimize risk, optimize operating costs, improve revenue, improve […] Authors Explore Comparisons between Supply Chain, Natural World Ecosystems. The Living Supply Chain authors explore evolution of supply chain ecosystems in comparison with the natural world. Jul 23, 2018 | Director's Blog. LIVING Supply Chain Chapter appears in Supply Chain Management Review. The first chapter of our book appeared in this month’s version of the Supply Chain Management Review. This is an exciting development, as I believe the book begins to share some of the foundational ideas that will emerge in the […] The Living Supply Chain. Excerpt from the Supply Chain Management Review – July/August 2018 About the Book Robert Handfield, Ph.D., is the Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at North Carolina State University, and executive director of the Supply Chain Resource […] Jul 19, 2018 | Articles. NC State SCRC analytics contribute to KRMA, one of the top ESG funds in the market. More sustainability-minded investors are becoming conscious of what is known as ESG funds. Investments predicated upon Environmental, Social and Governance best practices evolved from what was once known as socially responsible investments. In its day, SRI was essentially a subtractive […] Jul 16, 2018 | Articles. Pharmaceutical offshoring makes recalls more costly with more quality headaches. I spent some time working on a study of how offshoring impacts quality issues, specifically product recalls, with a number of researchers at the University of Palermo, led by Manfredi Bruccoleri. Our research led to some very interesting findings on […]