PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avnet,
Inc. (NYSE: AVT),
a leading global technology distributor, today released the January 2017
issue of Supply Chain Navigator, featuring an exclusive
One-on-One interview with Paul Keel, senior vice president of supply
chain at 3M. Keel shares insights into the critical role 3M’s global
supply chain group played in the organization’s incredible 15 percent
return-on-assets performance, and the strategies that helped 3M achieve
the number one spot in Gartner’s 2016
Supply Chain Top 20: Industrial ranking.
“As the digital transformation of the high tech supply chain continues,
practitioners across the global value chain are being faced with an
unprecedented onslaught of strategic choices, the results of which could
literally make or break their organizations,”
said Wade McDaniel, vice president of Supply Chain Solutions, Avnet
Velocity and publisher of Supply Chain Navigator. “In this issue,
we offer insights from subject matter experts from IBM, Cisco, Deloitte,
Air Worldwide, Everledger and Skuchain, on the people, process and
technology benefits and challenges of the most influential trends
shaping the supply chain of tomorrow, including blockchain, additive
manufacturing, and risk and talent management.”
Other editorial highlights of the January 2017 issue of Supply Chain
Navigator include:
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“The Missing Link,” an in-depth look at how IBM’s Watson is
bridging the gap between supply chain risk management and big data
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“IHS Economics Outlook: Global Supply Chain Trends and Threats,” by
Chris Christopher, IHS Markit
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“Big Data in Catastrophe and Supply Chain Risk Modeling,” by Kamban
Parasuraman and Aaron Michel, AIR Worldwide
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Feature editorial package on Digital Supply Chain Transformation
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“Building the Workforce of the Future,” by Lori Osterback-Boettner,
Cisco Systems Inc.
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“Additive Manufacturing is a Supply Chain Technology,” by Mark
Cotteleer, and Kelly Marchese, Deloitte Consulting LLP
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“Blockchain: A House Divided”
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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.
To read the latest issue of Supply Chain Navigator, go online to http://scnavigator.avnet.com/january-2017.
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