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This month, CSCMP Premier and Academic memberships come with a special BOGO offer so you can share the gift of membership with a Young Professional or Student:
Premier Membership Premier members, give the gift of CSCMP membership to a Young Professional when you use code: YPBOGO at checkout ($175 value). Renew now and gift a YP today! Academic Membership Academic members, give the gift of CSCMP membership to a Student when you use code: STUDBOGO at checkout ($40 value). Renew now and gift a Student today! Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=701309&issueID=80297 to view the full article online.
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One of the biggest threats facing many companies today is the aggressive encroachment of “digital giants” like Amazon and Alibaba into the small-customer segment of their traditional markets. By focusing on serving smaller customers, the digital giants are rapidly seizing market share across an expansive range of product categories. Amazon is the “poster child” for digital giant success. It has a laser-tight strategic focus: providing information-rich, arm’s-length services to small customers. The company has literally turned this strategy into a science with relentless, constant improvement. The core of Amazon’s strategy is twofold: use customer information plus algorithmic recommendations to micro-segment and capture this small-customer market; and serve that market with a supply chain that deploys scores of highly automated distribution centers linked to sets of dense, rapid-delivery routes. In response to this disruptive trend, savvy incumbent companies are shifting their focus to defensible market segments – higher-service customers – where they have an advantage over the digital giants. They maintain that advantage by using supply chain integration and other innovative strategies to cement their premier customer relationships and turbocharge their profitability. This strategy requires supply chain managers to become adept at identifying the unique needs of their increasingly diverse customer segments and to tailor well-designed supply chain links to each of them.
Visit https://www.supplychainquarterly.com/articles/5675-supply-chain-the-best-defense-against-digital-giants to view the full article online.
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The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) have partnered on the annual State of Supply Chain Sustainability report which explores how supply chain sustainability is prioritized and practiced around the world.
The objective is to survey professionals globally across industries, regions, and positions to get a fuller picture of the state of modern supply chain sustainability. The anonymous survey should take 10 minutes or less to complete and is available in English, Spanish and Chinese.
The objective is to survey professionals globally across industries, regions, and positions to get a fuller picture of the state of modern supply chain sustainability. The anonymous survey should take 10 minutes or less to complete and is available in English, Spanish and Chinese.
Visit https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3KMPxxyiRGive74 to view the full article online.
Supply chain excellence is more important than ever. It’s why we are all here – to learn how the latest technology and innovations can be applied to improve supply chain transparency, resiliency, agility, visibility, security, and efficiency. Join us in this fireside chat with IBM Supply Chain leaders as they share their experiences, lessons learned, advice and predictions they have gained as they implement a smarter supply chain internally and deliver AI-based supply chain solutions to customers.
Visit https://videos.cscmp.org/ibm_2021_fireside_chat to view the full article online.
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