Discover how Operations Management faculty are researching, publishing, speaking and engaging in the business community. The authors of these articles also include Operations Management students, staff and friends.
Cushman & Wakefield’s 2021 Global Logistics Outlook Has Supply Chain Management Implications
By Patrick Burnson
Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, recently released its 2021 Global Logistics Outlook. The report analyzes key drivers affecting growth, global leasing dynamics and provides an outlook for the sector. Unprecedented COVID-19 disruptions and rapidly changing consumer behaviors are reshaping the future of the logistics industry exposing global supply chain vulnerabilities and accelerating technological advances.
Logistics Labor: Solving the talent gap
By Bridget McCrea
A perfect storm of factors is making employee recruitment and retention particularly difficult in 2021. Here’s how warehouse and distribution centers can position themselves as “employers of choice” in this challenging environment .
APQC Infographic: Soft skills are needed for procurement priorities
By APQC
The pandemic has led organizations to focus on core procurement responsibilities. In 2020, they made automation and digitization their top area of focus. In 2021, their focus shifted to other areas. For 2021, organizations are placing greater emphasis on developing supplier relationships, sustainable sourcing, and collaboration. All of these areas require procurement and sourcing staff to possess softer skills.
Is Amazon Within Striking Distance of UPS, FedEx, and USPS to Become a National Parcel Carrier?
By ProShip
Hear from shipping experts on the impending logistical complexities of Amazon’s progression to offer delivery services to compete with UPS, FedEx, and USPS. Learn how the world’s most valuable brand. Is soon to join the ranks of UPS, FedEx, and the USPS as a national parcel carrier.
Brands turn to air cargo as inventory delays continue
By Edwin Lopez
Major CPG producers are incorporating higher levels of airfreight into 2021 inventory strategies as the current projections indicate inventory delays lasting four to six weeks resulting in a need to expedite goods.
37th Annual Salary Survey: Salaries level-off
By Patrick Burnson
With the number of managers furloughed without pay during the pandemic, it is no surprise overall salaries remain flat for 2020. Nearly half of the respondents reported increased salaries, however this was less than the previous year, when 62% reported a salary increase. The good news is that only 9% of respondents experienced a decrease, which is good news in a tough year.
Best Supply Chain Management MBA Programs
From U.S. News & World Report
Supply chain management involves logistics, purchasing and distribution. Supply chain/logistics MBA graduates may work in sectors such as food production and health care. These are the top business schools for supply chain/logistics.
E-Commerce Fulfillment: DC Strategies for Riding the Surge
By Merrill Douglas
The pandemic turned traditional assumptions about demand for a whole range of products on their heads. In these volatile times, how did smart fulfillment operations keep up? Unprecedented demand patterns forced e-commerce merchants to adjust fast. Here’s how fulfillment operations in five vertical categories met the challenge.
No One Was More Shocked by Lumber Mania Than Sawmill Operators
Over the past year, new home-building has reached a nearly 15-year high, fueling extraordinary demand for building materials. Lumber producers who reduced production due to COVID-19 have quickly exhausted inventories, sending futures prices surging to new records, sawmills have become a key bottleneck in the lumber supply chain between forests and the retail shelf. The entire industry is still trying to catch up to consumers’ voracious appetite for wood, with the biggest lumber producers in North America rolling out expansion plans.