Supply Chain Design

Supply chain risks have become nearly incalculable. Managing them requires a capabilities-driven mindset.

Supply chain risks have become nearly incalculable. Managing them requires a capabilities-driven mindset.

Increasing visibility into supply chain practices takes work but can lead to new market opportunities.

Karen Zheng, an associate professor of operations at the MIT Sloan School of Management, outlines how some companies have made their supply chain operations more transparent.

Auto companies or tech companies can’t develop winning mobility offerings on their own.

New research demonstrates how the most efficient network designs also account for changing market conditions.

For PepsiCo, entering the natural beverage market meant developing new risk management practices.

Supply chains should be designed and managed to deliver one or more of six basic outcomes.

How have strategies for supply chain design changed? Two leading thinkers offer insights.