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And why not? When you think about it, it is a discipline that is no longer a cost to be managed, yet supply chain professionals provide daily execution, and strategy to make their companies more competitive. Our academic partners tell us their supply chain majors are growing, yet we still have to get our discipline as a destination career into lower levels of our educational system. That is a passion for me as well as our terrific association, CSCMP. If you have children wondering what they would like to do as they approach college years, send them over to us, we need them! Not only is compensation on the rise, but many of our senior supply chain professionals are becoming general managers and CEO’s, as they see so much in modern-day global companies and have terrific interpersonal skills. That’s inherent in successful supply chain professionals today. CSCMP is your professional association. We exist to further the discipline and the careers of everyone in it. We take that seriously. How do we sustain ourselves? Membership dues are critical. It’s less than $1 per day and yet, you have the connections that you need around the world. Daily, we receive phone calls and emails asking to be connected. It’s what we do, and we will do it for you throughout your career. Thank you for being a member, please give us a call, and we will talk through a strategy to ensure you get the most out of CSCMP, and importantly, out of your career. Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=522251&issueID=66358 to view the full article online.
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The transportation industry has a long history of resisting all but the most essential innovations. In the face of security threats, logistics inefficiencies, and general uncertainty and volatility, transportation companies have moved at a snail’s pace – if at all – to digitize processes and incorporate emerging technologies.
Transportation companies are realizing the status quo is no longer sustainable. Blockchain is a natural fit for inherently fragmented industries, such as transportation, in which close coordination with multiple parties is essential. A distributed ledger technology, blockchain provides a more transparent and secure way to conduct business, resulting in immutable transaction records, finality in tracing ownership and payment, and substantially improved coordination and efficiency. It has the potential to mitigate some of the transportation industry’s most persistent challenges.
About the authors:
Keith W. Dierkx is IBM Executive Director and Global Industry Leader for Freight, Logistics and Rail and a member of the IBM Industry Academy.
Stephen Rogers is the IBM VP of Blockchain Initiatives for Supply Chain responsible for implementing Blockchain technology within IBM.
Transportation companies are realizing the status quo is no longer sustainable. Blockchain is a natural fit for inherently fragmented industries, such as transportation, in which close coordination with multiple parties is essential. A distributed ledger technology, blockchain provides a more transparent and secure way to conduct business, resulting in immutable transaction records, finality in tracing ownership and payment, and substantially improved coordination and efficiency. It has the potential to mitigate some of the transportation industry’s most persistent challenges.
About the authors:
Keith W. Dierkx is IBM Executive Director and Global Industry Leader for Freight, Logistics and Rail and a member of the IBM Industry Academy.
Stephen Rogers is the IBM VP of Blockchain Initiatives for Supply Chain responsible for implementing Blockchain technology within IBM.
Visit https://cscmp.org/store/detail.aspx?id=HT18-IBM to view the full article online.
The webinar focuses on disruptive technologies like Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and explores why supply chain is becoming an area of focus in the realignment of existing business models. IBM will be presenting during CSCMP’s EDGE Conference this year, both in the opening general session and in several of the educational breakout sessions. IBM will also be hosting the IBM Innovation Zone in the main registration area at EDGE, so if you are joining CSCMP in Nashville for the EDGE Conference, plan to stop by and learn more about AI and blockchain. To learn more about EDGE and to register to join us there, visit us at cscmpedge.org. Visit http://cscmpodcast.libsyn.com/ to view the full article online.
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CSCMP took over the Nashville airwaves twice in August, and if you didn't get a chance to listen, now is your opportunity!
In the first airwaves takeover, the CSCMP Nashville roundtable joined Hippie Radio for a live segment on 8/7/18. During the show they discussed the supply chain industry, as well as focusing on the rapidly growing supply chain footprint in Nashville, Tennessee. They also discussed the upcoming EDGE Conference, which is being hosted at the Gaylord Opryland this year Sept. 30-Oct.3, 2018
In the second airwaves takeover, CSCMP academic member and University of Tennessee Professor Ted Stank joined Hippie Radio for a live segment on 8/24/18. During the show Ted shared his personal CSCMP journey and shared how the University of Tennessee is preparing students for today's supply chain.
In the first airwaves takeover, the CSCMP Nashville roundtable joined Hippie Radio for a live segment on 8/7/18. During the show they discussed the supply chain industry, as well as focusing on the rapidly growing supply chain footprint in Nashville, Tennessee. They also discussed the upcoming EDGE Conference, which is being hosted at the Gaylord Opryland this year Sept. 30-Oct.3, 2018
In the second airwaves takeover, CSCMP academic member and University of Tennessee Professor Ted Stank joined Hippie Radio for a live segment on 8/24/18. During the show Ted shared his personal CSCMP journey and shared how the University of Tennessee is preparing students for today's supply chain.
Visit https://cscmp.org/CSCMP/Download/Hippy_Radio_Content.aspx to view the full article online.
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