Supply Chain

DC VELOCITY’s new podcast is designed to help you keep up with what’s happening in this fast-changing industry. Each week, the editors of DC VELOCITY discuss the latest news and developing trends we all need to know about to keep ahead of the competition. We also talk to industry experts and practitioners in the logistics field.

I should have known better. I work in supply chain. Even worse, I work for a company who makes solutions to help companies solve these kinds of problems, which I listen, speak and write about for a living! What was the problem? I ordered a table online without checking reviews sufficiently. If I had done due diligence, I’d have seen the warnings – the retailer had pretty pictures on their website, but their supply chain failed them, creating an eleven-month saga and unhappy customer. The combinatorial factors disrupting supply chains persist, but in this case the problem was completely preventable. The issue wasn’t poor planning – they had the inventory. The failure was in supply chain orchestration – connecting planning to execution.

Most food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds. Should they spend as much as possible on meeting the immediate needs of people who need help? How much of their budget is appropriate to spend on new equipment, skilled managers and everything else required for an organization to thrive and endure?

The spike is not yet showing up at the pump, but fears of a regional conflict are driving up key crude benchmarks.

Professor’s briefing: companies must consider the implications of shifting supply chains

Port disruptions, labor negotiations and other shipping industry upheavals have forced apparel companies to develop new solutions to enduring challenges.

Why an abandoned plan to use recycled plastic bottles is a wake-up call for supply chain sustainability.

NEW YORK CITY - It's not only sugar that's spiking this Halloween – your wallet will feel it too!

NEW YORK - Inflation surging over the past few years means Americans have continued to pay more for goods and services. This includes higher prices for things like gasoline and groceries, and with Halloween coming up, it’s likely that the trick-or-treat candy will cost you more, too. 

Halloween. The holiday that haunts supply chains.