In the constantly evolving world of supply chain management, the executive quest for new knowledge, qualifications and skills never really ends. With new challenges, opportunities and technologies ...

The Association for Supply Chain Management has recently announced the launch of its ASCM Supply Chain Procurement Certificate program. The new educational program is available to both entry-level and ...

Procurement involves identifying and agreeing to terms for the acquisition of goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a competitive bidding process. involving constrained decision ...

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute’s blog. It is being reprinted with permission. You can read the original post here.

The global supply chain is both a broad-reaching system and the core of every business. It allows us to connect consumers in Kansas and Wyoming to everything from the spices of India and grains of ...

Inflation, economic instability, materials and labor shortages, climate change—almost any disruption you can imagine is a pressure point that makes procurement and supply chain management ...

Supply chain pressures have eased significantly since the pandemic, but procurement professionals are still mindful that they must prepare for the worst. The Global Supply Chain Pressure Index, which ...

Disruptions like Covid-19, supply shortages, global trade barriers, high customer expectations, and inflation all add tremendous pressure on supply chains to perform flawlessly while imposing added ...

When companies consider the impact of today's tariffs, their first thought is often bottom-line costs and short-term hits to earnings. Managing costs is certainly important, but an overlooked and ...