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CSCMP’s mission to advance the supply chain profession by connecting, educating, and developing the world’s supply chain management professionals throughout their careers includes supporting those same professionals as they deal with any constraint standing in the way of supply chain progress.
In our work around the world, CSCMP and its Roundtables strive to promote equitable, open access to people, networks, and educational content that improve the world’s supply chains. That work includes all aspects of supply chain sustainability; economic, ethical, and environmental progress. The unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia threatens that mission and the values we hold dear. We stand with our CSCMP Roundtable community in Ukraine, our friends and colleagues, and support their right to live peacefully in a sovereign, free country without the threat of coercion. Today, we join those calling for Russia to end its aggression in Ukraine and withdraw its troops immediately. Our thoughts and prayers go out to our CSCMP community and the people of Ukraine. Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/cscm-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=717216&issueID=90068 to view the full article online.
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“Vice presidents and EVPs of supply chain did not understand the magnitude of risk within their supply chains, at least to the extent that they thought they should, or that they thought they had,” says CSCMP President and CEO Mark S. Baxa in Transport Topics.
Read the full article by Gregory Van Tighem from Transport Topics, including Mark's thoughts on the origins of supply chain disruptions and the ongoing changes in relationships among suppliers, their carriers, and 3PL providers. Visit https://www.ttnews.com/articles/supply-chain-disruptions-likely-continue-near-future to view the full article online.
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The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and Supply Chain Quarterly (SCQ) bring you a new series-based podcast filled with more content, SCM exposure, and pinpointed, deep industry discussions with top thought innovators from the end-to-end supply chain.
In themed, multi-episode series, the new weekly podcast, Supply Chain in the Fast Lane, fast tracks topics you need to know from leaders you want to know. An interview about inventories with Zac Rogers, assistant professor of operations and supply chain management at Colorado State University’s College of Business kicked off the State of Logistics series, sponsored by HERE, on March 8, 2022. Visit https://cscmp.org/CSCMP/Supply_Chain_in_the_Fast_Lane_Podcast.aspx to view the full article online.
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Imagine that your company is gearing up to launch a new product. Take a minute to consider all the complexities and hurdles that a new product introduction generally involves from a supply chain perspective. Now imagine that this product is based on brand new technology that would require manufacturing processes unlike the ones that your company currently uses. And that this product is extremely delicate and would require a specialized temperature-controlled transportation and distribution network.
Now imagine that the customer base for this product numbers is in the billions — spread all over the world. And that these billions of customers are eagerly awaiting (and closely scrutinizing) your new product — the eyes of the world are fixed upon you. Now imagine that you had to design that supply chain in less than a year. That was the daunting and pressure-filled challenge Jim Cafone and his team at the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer faced when they were working to create the supply chain for the COVID-19 vaccine in conjunction with their partner BioNTech. Visit https://www.supplychainquarterly.com/articles/6261-supply-chains-miracle-workers to view the full article online.
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GS1 US has published a Barcode Capabilities Test Kit to help retailers evaluate their readiness to transition from linear Universal Product Codes (U.P.C.) to data-rich 2D barcodes on product packaging by 2027 — a timeline set by the retail industry in collaboration with GS1 US to equip consumers with more information about the products they buy. The transition is part of a phased migration plan for implementing 2D barcodes, dubbed "Sunrise 2027 – A New Dimension in Barcodes," which will guide brands through labeling transition considerations while further ensuring reliability of 2D barcode scanning.
Thank you Carrie Wilkie, senior vice president, standards and technology, GS1 US for sharing this Hot Topic. Visit https://cscmp.org/store/detail.aspx?id=HT22-GS1-MAR to view the full article online.
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