E-pub showcases pioneering approaches to supply chain finance, employee engagement and global sourcing
Avnet, a leading global technology distributor, today released the May
2017 issue of Supply Chain Navigator, the award-winning journal
dedicated to supply chain thought leadership. This special edition
examines how industry leaders including Cisco, General Electric, Nestle,
Nike and Puma are reimagining their businesses and their supply networks
to keep pace with the leapfrog advances in the “golden triangle” -
people, processes and technology - that are radically transforming the
global manufacturing sector.
The cover story, Making in America, delves into the factors
compelling manufacturers to transfer operations away from “low-cost”
regions in Asia to in-country/for country production, the challenges
they are facing, and how the maker movement may save the day for
multinationals struggling to remain competitive.
Also featured is an exclusive interview with Johannes Giloth, senior
vice president, global operations and chief procurement officer for
Nokia, a company that pre-emptively orchestrated its own disruption over
the past several years and has emerged stronger than ever. Giloth offers
a compelling look into Nokia’s fundamental transformation and the
strategic role supply chain and operations played in this remarkable
journey.
“In most other contexts, disruption is considered a negative force. But
in the tech sector, disruption equals progress,” said Wade McDaniel,
vice president of Supply Chain Solutions, Avnet Velocity and publisher
of Supply Chain Navigator. “Members of the supply chain are
fighting both global economic headwinds and an existential conflict
between established strategies and emerging requirements. With the
diverse array of creative initiatives presented within this issue, we
hope to give readers some practical insight into the art and science of
disruptive innovation.”
Additional editorial highlights of the May 2017 edition of Supply
Chain Navigator include:
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“Nike Takes the Leap: Unique Deal Gives Nike Instant Infrastructure in
the Americas,” breaks down Nike’s unusual approach to nearshoring in
the Americas.
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“The New Economics of Supply Chain Sustainability,” an innovative new
supply chain finance program from BNP Paribas designed to promote
social and environmental standards among borrowers.
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“From Platitude to Paradigm,” how forward-thinking companies like
Nestle, Adobe and Cisco are leveraging internal crowdsourcing to
unleash the disruptive capacity of corporate everyman.
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“The Living Supply Chain,” a contributed commentary from NC State
Professor Rob Handfield and Flex CPSCO Tom Linton on the supply chain
as a living network of entities that rely on their mutual balance to
remain healthy.
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“Taking the Pulse of Your Supply Chain” a contributed commentary from
a team of researchers in Australia and New Zealand that examines the
advantages of using sentiment analysis to improve decision making in
demand-driven supply chains.
Supply Chain Navigator is a 2016 winner of the APEX
awards for Publication Excellence. The publication provides supply
chain executives and decision makers with practical tools and strategic
insights they need to accelerate their organization’s drive to success.
Each issue is produced in collaboration with supply chain professionals
experienced in managing complex global supply chains both upstream and
downstream, as well as distinguished academics and prominent market
analysts. The publication reaches more than 150,000 purchasing, supply
chain, manufacturing, operations, and logistics professionals throughout
the global electronics industry.
The latest issue of Supply Chain Navigator is online at http://scnavigator.avnet.com/.
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customers at each stage of a product’s lifecycle. A comprehensive
portfolio of design and supply chain services makes Avnet the go-to
guide for innovators who set the pace for technological change. For
nearly a century, Avnet has helped its customers and suppliers around
the world realize the transformative possibilities of technology. Learn
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