Under pressure to perform at unprecedented velocities in a tight labor market, more companies are exploring custom executive education options as a way to bring their supply chain leaders up to speed (and keep them there). By Bridget McCrea, Editor · July 13, 2018...
By Alan Dorich, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing At the hospital, we want to feel secure that the devices needed to provide us with care will be there. Boston Scientific Corp. focuses on ensuring those items are in the right place at the right time when...
By Steve Banker Many companies send their employees to leading supply chain conferences. Yet outside the Logistics Service Provider industry, widespread training within a supply chain organization remains rare. But that is what Campbell Soup has done, they have put in...
by Edwin Lopez Dive Brief Campbell Soup will train more than 200 employees this year with CorpU, a leadership development and workforce analytics platform that connects users with supply chain experts at top-tier universities. "There are so many roles within the...
by James Henderson CorpU has announced significant progress from a year-long partnership with Campbell Soup Company, helping the company to transform its global supply chain. Campbell supply chain leaders across the globe have used CorpU's cloud-based software...
Partnership connects employees to Penn State supply chain experts; generates analytics to help leaders respond to rapidly shifting consumer demand PHILADELPHIA, April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CorpU, a pioneer in leadership development, today announced significant...
In our recent webinar, 3 Themes That Will Impact Supply Chain Leaders Now and in the Future, we discussed how optimizing the supply chain promises many benefits. These benefits include reduced costs, improved efficiency, and better relationships with internal and...
PRESS RELEASE Online strategy "sprints" complement top-down communication to accelerate strategy execution and harness the collective ingenuity of teams PHILADELPHIA, PA--(Marketwired - Apr 19, 2017) - CorpU, the strategy activation company, today announced the...
Supply chains have never been more critical to business performance However, they have also become increasingly distributed, global and interconnected. This represents an urgent challenge for businesses that need to find leaders who are able to manage complex...
Recent headlines about counterfeit goods would alarm any supply chain manager (and for that matter, anyone on the planet). Stories involving tainted supply chains are popping up everywhere from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal to industry-specific...
Supply Chains have taken on a renewed strategic importance. Technology has opened a world of procurement, manufacturing, and transportation options requiring advanced levels of decision making from Supply Chain leaders. Companies are beginning to value attributes like...
“The first bowl of porridge was too hot. The second bowl of porridge was too cold. But the third bowl of porridge was just right…” The tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears is well known to most of us from childhood. But what can it tell us about procurement in supply...
The demands and pressures on today’s supply chains are greater than ever. Ensuring a secure, efficient end-to-end supply chain has become mission-critical across many industries. At the same time there’s a huge gap in available talent, with the demand for...
This past Easter weekend I witnessed an extraordinary performance at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts: conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin led the Philadelphia Orchestra in Bach’s Passion According to St. Matthew. The piece has only been performed a...
The challenges facing supply chain leaders in today’s highly connected and networked global economy have never been greater. Companies rely increasingly on raw materials that are in short supply, and work with suppliers in locations where stakeholders have a major...
Transportation costs represent a huge chunk of total supply chain costs. In fact, 60% of every supply chain dollar is spent on transportation. And expenses can increase even in a sluggish economy because of market and regulatory pressures. As a supply chain...