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Sarah Thomas changed the game in the world’s most quintessential male-dominated sport—football—when she became the first female NFL official. Now she’s inspiring others to dream big and believe anything is possible.

 

No stranger to breaking barriers, Sarah was the first female official ever to work a major college football game, the first to officiate a bowl game and the first to officiate in a Big Ten stadium. After her first NFL game on September 13, 2015, between the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans, Sarah’s hat, whistle, and flag were placed on display at the NFL Hall of Fame to serve as a testament to this historic achievement. Sarah also made post-season history by being named Down Judge for the Patriots/Chargers 2019 playoff game.


Since her addition to the NFL's roster of officials, Sarah has become a trail-blazing inspiration to women everywhere, embodying the notions of hard work and a belief in one’s self—key  ingredients to breaking barriers.

 

With the same decisive focus that it takes to make a split-second call on the field, Sarah will discuss:

• Key insights on overcoming adversity – and the odds
• Finding your passion while maintaining a work-life balance
• Decision-making
• Not only succeeding as a female in a male-dominated industry but achieving breakthrough success for males and females alike
 

Join Sarah and more than 3,000 supply chain professionals at supply chain's premier event™ in Anaheim, California by registering today! Save $300 when you use the code APRILNEWS at checkout by April 30, 2019.

Visit https://cscmpedge.org/ehome/index.php?eventid=344812& to view the full article online.

 

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/pdf/CSCMPEurope.pdf to view the full article online.

 
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CSCMP Awards and Recognition
  
Congratulations to Mike Tung of FLEX, for achieving SCPro™ Level One Certification.

 

SCPro™ Certification is CSCMP's supply chain certification developed by and for the industry's thought leaders.

 

Ready to join their ranks? Click "Learn More" for information on CSCMP's supply chain certifications or email us at scpro@cscmp.org.

Visit https://cscmp.org/CSCMP/Certification/SCPro_Certification_Overview/CSCMP/Certify/SCPro__Certification_Overview.aspx?hkey=8ab24593-6a59-4eef-bd55-f15e78094af5 to view the full article online.


The Young Professionals Emerging Leader Award (ELA) recognizes up-and-coming leaders in the supply chain management field for their meaningful contributions to the profession. Help us acknowledge deserving candidates by nominating an outstanding young professional you know!

 

Shine the spotlight on a rising star of your acquaintance—or yourself!—who’s deserving of recognition for their career achievements. CSCMP aims to reward the talent, potential and commitment of these top performers on a global scale.

 

The deadline for nominations is May 1, 2019. The final winner(s) are formally awarded live in front of 3,000+ supply chain professionals at CSCMP EDGE 2019 in Anaheim, CA, on September 15-18.

Visit https://cscmp.formstack.com/forms/2019_emerging_leader_award_nomination_form to view the full article online.

 
  
The Distinguished Service Award, CSCMP’s highest honor, is presented to an academic, consultant or practitioner who exemplifies significant, consistent and career-long contributions to the development of the logistics and supply chain management disciplines.
 
Do you know a prominent supply chain professional who is qualified to join their ranks? Now is your opportunity to nominate him or her for the 2019 Distinguished Service Award.
 
2019 nominations will be accepted until April 30, 2019. The winner will be recognized on stage during Monday morning's opening general session at our 2019 EDGE Conference, September 15-18, 2019, in Anaheim, CA.

Visit https://www.eiseverywhere.com/docs/7594/dsanomform to view the full article online.

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Today’s disruptive supply chain industry has companies scrambling to stay competitive, and CSCMP is here to help.

 

A CSCMP Enterprise Membership provides your entire team access to best practices, up-to-date trends, challenges and solutions from the supply chain community that knows it best. Improve productivity, build skills and network and increase knowledge. 
 
CSCMP Enterprise Memberships—includes all corporate member benefits, plus: 
•  Unlimited, company-owned memberships
•  Press release
•  Exclusive opportunities to provide content and thought leadership to the CSCMP Membership
•  Dedicated Account Manager

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/pdf/18-cscmp-enterprise-membership-package.pdf to view the full article online.

CSCMP Corporate Memberships allow companies to provide access, insight and perspective to their entire team. Corporate members receive all the benefits of a Professional Membership, plus special pricing and exclusive services tailored to meet your specific needs and create value for your organization.

Visit https://cscmp.org/CSCMP/Membership/Corporate_Membership/CSCMP/Join/Corporate_Membership.aspx?hkey=79a06e6a-e919-482e-aaeb-249cd79fa3f6 to view the full article online.

  
A company’s supply chain is more than a set of procurement, logistics and operations rules and relationships. According to Steven J. Bowen, Maine Pointe CEO, CSCMP member and author of Total Value Optimization: Transforming your global supply chain into a competitive weapon, a global supply chain can be a powerful competitive weapon capable of driving new levels of growth.

 

Bowen’s book is an engaging guide for any corporate executive, aimed at CEOs through to entry level managers who want to learn how to optimize their supply chains. Throughout the book, he addresses new-economy challenges and solutions for corporate leaders who find themselves under increasing pressure to deliver on performance. He makes the TVO journey engaging and understandable, with dozens of real-world examples of successes and failures in the corporate world. Going beyond textbook explanation, Bowen draws against his deep knowledge of the history and evolution of business. He brings business methodology to life with a deep dive into actual examples from the corporate world to illustrate each point along the way.

  

Total Value Optimization: Transforming Your Supply Chain into a Competitive Weapon is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=554602&issueID=65286 to view the full article online.

  
CSCMP designed the Supply Chain Exchange Exhibition to provide a platform for companies and organizations to meet and partner with the right solutions provider. And, guess what? The decision makers from the organizations you target are attending EDGE 2019 in Anaheim, California, September 15-18! Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with them by becoming a vendor of the Supply Chain Exchange.

 

As a Supply Chain Exchange vendor, you can:

• Display your innovative products to 3,000+ leaders spanning the end-to-end supply chain
• Establish your products and services as the solution for organizations’ pain points
• Reconnect with longtime customers and continue fostering these relationships
• Establish new contacts and develop potential new business
 

Don’t miss out on showing your products and services to the right folks. Sign up today before we sell out of premium exhibit space!

Visit https://cscmpedge.org/ehome/344812/becomeanexhibitor/ to view the full article online.

Please note new day and time for all tours: 
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 
 
Shuttles will depart at approximately 12:15 pm from the Anaheim Convention Center.  
Shuttle return time - TBD. 
 
Facility tours to be announced soon. Stay tuned! 

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=554649&issueID=65286 to view the full article online.

Training and Development
 
  
Presented by: nVision Global

 

The TMS market is evolving as vendors of TMS technology add more-advanced functions to support increasingly complex transportation requirements. Supply chain leaders should utilize the model presented here to better understand the extended capabilities offered by TMS solutions.

 

Learn about the value and benefits of implementing or upgrading a Transportation Management System (TMS) from top logistics expert SVP Dave Maddox from nVision Global. Join us as he shares stories, problems, and candid advice.

 

During this CSCMP webinar you will learn to:

• Evaluate potential TMS solutions for your organization by assessing your level of transportation complexity and identifying the extended TMS capabilities required to support it.

• Take a holistic evaluation approach to selecting a TMS solution by evaluating both extended capabilities and other key factors, including geographic support (functional and service), global trade management and international transport bookings.

 

Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Visit https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2861325477585516557 to view the full article online.

Ready to align your supply chain technology, tactics, and talent? FUSION 2019 is your educational forum to discover how industry leaders:

•  Embrace digital transformation
•  Secure reliable transportation capacity
•  Conquer labor woes via automation

 

An all-star cast of supply chain experts from top companies, including Dave Clark, SVP of Worldwide Operations for Amazon, will discuss how they seize emerging opportunities and drive company success.

 

Date: Thursday, May 2, 2019 

Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM CDT 

Location: Marriott Resort at Grand National, Opelika, Alabama

Visit http://www.auburnscm.org/events to view the full article online.

 
  
How do AI & blockchain provide value to supply chains? Listen to Shari Diaz, IBM, and Theresa Cetnarowski, CSCMP, discuss the future of supply chain with AI and blockchain. They will provide insight into your top questions around the application of these technologies in the supply chain now and beyond. 

 


 

 

Get more blockchain information from IBM. Shari Diaz also authored a CSCMP Hot Topic that discusses and explores the opportunities and challenges facing blockchain and what to expect in the future.

 

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/pdf/17_CSCMP_HotTopics_Blockchain.pdf to view the full article online.


You’ve had a successful college career, received your degree, and have a great job lined up; but this can be an overwhelming transition as you enter a new phase of your life, make new relationships, and many times get used to a new city. When entering your new role, the first 90 days is a critical time for you to set your trajectory within your organization and your career.

 

In this webinar, Ben Green – Director of Corporate Services at LeanCor will share his perspective on how to hit the ground running in your first 90 days. Topics discussed will include relationship-building, the learning process, personal branding, job responsibilities, orientation to the role, and development opportunities.

 

Ben is also a frequent speaker for professional organizations and an instructor for the Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute. Ben has a degree in Business Administration & Human Resources from Thomas More College. He is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.

Visit https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2861325477585516557 to view the full article online.

  
 

Beginning April 30, 2019, and continuing every Tuesday for the next three weeks, join colleagues from across the supply chain community to learn more about what TL 9000 can do for you and how to apply it in your organization—from deficit reduction to improving efficiencies and lowering costs.

 

TL Tuesdays kick-off with an overview of TIA’s Business Performance Community and the quality management work they do in the ICT supply chain community. From there, you’ll master TL requirements and measurements, and finish by learning how to apply it to your company’s specific needs.

 

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=554834&issueID=65286 to view the full article online.

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Get the latest issue of the Logistics Manager Index (LMI). The LMI is calculated using a diffusion index, in which any reading above 50 percent indicates that logistics is expanding; a reading below 50 percent is indicative of a shrinking logistics industry.

 

The LMI score is a combination of all of the other components that make up the index including inventory levels and costs, warehousing capacity, utilization, and prices, and transportation capacity, utilization, and prices.

 

Key Highlights:

Warehousing Capacity held steady (up 1.42 to 50.0) in March, and Warehouse Prices are up (+4.34). It has become more expensive to store inventory so firms may be cutting back.


Consistent with recent analysis by the Federal Reserve firms may be responding to an economic slowdown in the first quarter of 2019. Whether inventories will be built back up if Warehouse Prices stabilize or consumer sentiment improves remains to be seen.  

Transportation metrics have been the most dynamic over the history of the LMI®. Transportation Capacity is growing, but at a slightly slower rate than February (-0.54). Prior to this month’s stabilization, it had increased in every period since reaching a nadir of 30.1 in March/April 2018. The rate of growth for Transportation Costs has decreased for the fifth consecutive period (-1.70), and is down significantly from its peak of 95.8 in March/April 2018. As presented in the figure below, the difference between these two metrics was 65 points a year ago, and only 4 points today.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/pdf/March_2019_Logistics_Managers_Index_Official_Release.pdf to view the full article online.

 
  
A special thank you to CSCMP Corporate Member Bain & Company for contributing this article. 

 


Companies that invest in digitizing operations can deliver efficiency gains of up to 15%–20% and spark supply chain innovation. Those benefits have prompted many companies to rush into a digital operations makeover. After all, no one wants to be the last to benefit from new technologies.

 

Leadership teams are discovering, however, that the journey is more complicated than they initially thought. For large companies, a digital transformation can involve replacing hundreds of millions of dollars in assets and can take between four and six years to complete. In our experience, two-thirds of companies that tackle a digital transformation go over budget or fail to deliver the expected benefits.

 

The most common mistake leadership teams make is to start investing before laying the foundations required for a digital transformation to succeed. Specifically, they neglect two important steps: devising an efficient manufacturing strategy and putting in place the right processes and people for a digital operations model.

 

Companies that skip those steps in haste are likely to suffer from higher costs and undermine the benefits of their investments. Why? Once companies start investing in digital operations, it becomes increasingly difficult to go back to square one and rejigger the organization or the strategy without triggering extra costs. As a result, they end up in a digital operations “doom loop” of spiraling costs.

Visit https://www.bain.com/insights/how-to-avoid-the-digital-operations-doom-loop/ to view the full article online.

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Transportation Hot Topics in Chicago’s Multi-Modal Supply Chain:  Air, Water, Rail, and Road Please join us for our 36th Annual Seminar where we will explore Chicago’s Multi-Modal Supply chain: Air, Water, Rail and Road. Hear presentations and panels discussing the hottest topics in transportation as they pertain to the Chicagoland area. with top speakers from the Chicago Department of Aviation, GE Transportation, NASSTRAC and more! Stay tuned for the final program agenda and sign up today to secure your spot!

 

Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Time: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM CDT

Visit https://cscmp.org/store/events/registration.aspx?event=CHI190424 to view the full article online.

CSCMP is excited to announce that we will be hosting an exclusive Amazon Warehouse Tour!  Please join us on May 8 from 10:00 am - 11:30 am as we learn from the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world. During this Tour we will learn about:  Amazon Robotics, Stow, Inbound Receiving, Pick and Pack, SLAM, Outbound Shipping Sorter, and much more! Note: Amazon does not collect or receive any fees for providing tours.

 

Date: Wednesday, May 08, 2019
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Visit https://cscmp.org/store/events/registration.aspx?event=NYC190508 to view the full article online.

Bridging the gap between Tech (Silicon Beach) and Logistics.  Speakers will focus on new innovations, trends and financing in the world of tech and logistics. 

 

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2019
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT

Visit https://cscmp.org/store/events/registration.aspx?event=SCL190516 to view the full article online.