Explorescm Supply Chain Insights

17/07/2025

𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐀 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐎 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟒 & 𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭!

Learn to manage tactical and strategic negotiations, the concept of MDO, LAA, and ZOPA, negotiation cycles, and the tactics in managing concessions. This is a must for procurement, supply chain, and business leaders who are involved with negotiations in their company.

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02/03/2022

The findings from this study are benefial to human resource managers for their new hires, while policy makers and educational and training bodies can also use the findings from this research to design new courses which are necessary to facilitate skill and knowledge development for the future supply chain professionals.

This study is authored by Dr. Albert Tan, CPIM-F, an Associate Professor at the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines. The need for supply chain professionals Introduction The aim of this research is to identify the supply chain skills required by supply chain managers and leaders in Asia...

14/06/2021

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to turn up in fresh waves globally, DHL has outlined 10 steps to prepare supply chains to support the quick rollout of vaccines.

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to turn up in fresh waves globally, DHL has outlined 10 steps to prepare supply chains to support the quick rollout of vaccines. When the first Covid-19 vaccine was approved for use in late 2020, it marked a momentous achievement in science. It was the result of an...

13/03/2021

To stay in today’s highly competitive business environment, logistic businesses need to find out the best ways to improve their inbound and outbound logistics processes that make the most sense for their business.

Logistics is the process of planning that a business uses in order to execute the efficient transportation and coordinate its supply chain operations. There are lots of tasks in logistics such as storage of goods, managing information accrued from point of consumption, arranging transportation movem...

11/02/2021

There are means to determine how to increase operating capacities. It’s another story when it comes to transportation availability. How does one procure more transportation? Should the enterprise buy more trucks or source more 3rd party providers?

Many small business enterprises don’t put too much thought into deliveries. For those who are into e-commerce and sell one or very few items via the Internet, the enterprise’s flow of work is typically receiving orders, preparing the items, and booking & delivering via a 3rd party service (e.g.,...

01/02/2021

ExploreSCM recently spoke to Leonora Lim, Vice President of Life Science and Healthcare at DHL Customer Solutions and Innovation – Asia Pacific, to figure out what logistical challenges facing the vaccine distribution, DHL’s role in transporting vaccines, and how the company is gearing up for this extraordinary task.

Here comes vaccine development. Now comes vaccine distribution on a global scale. Distributing billions of doses of vaccines across the world face complex supply chain challenges. With freezing temperature and traceability requirements during delivery plus the risk throughout the supply chain, logis...

26/01/2021

E-commerce is a supply chain management, not so much of IT. Entrepreneurs are spending a great deal of time on development and programming of applications but not much on engineering and managing operations.

In December 28, 2020, we ordered the food but couldn’t find the riders to deliver them. Our family of cousins, uncles, and aunts couldn’t be together for New Year’s Eve. Reunions and parties were not allowed in lieu of ongoing restrictions brought on by the CoVID-19 pandemic. Instead, we order...

19/01/2021

Every business worldwide is dependent on a unique system of business partners to operate their supply chain management. Numerous organizations never truly take stock or contact the items that bear their names, presenting difficulties in the store network and supply chain.

Every business worldwide is dependent on a unique system of business partners to operate their supply chain management. Numerous organizations never truly take stock or contact the items that bear their names, presenting difficulties in the store network and supply chain. Concerning the past events,...

15/01/2021

Delivering fast and on-time is the new normal. Customers want no less. In these challenging times, it will all boil down to effective leadership and talent.

Back in the day, the favorite buzz words of supply chain management were production efficiency, reliability, lean manufacturing, and zero-defects. Performance measures included productivity, yield, machine utilization, and percent rejects. These were popular words but unfortunately, many executives....

14/01/2021

Arranging the projection together for 2020, no one has predicted the extended circumstances. Covid-19, with its different disturbances and troubles, have disintegrated everyone.

On behalf of the industry, arranging the projection together for 2020, no one has predicted the extended circumstances. Covid-19, with its different disturbances and troubles, have disintegrated everyone. Also, for businesses and people, it has been the most challenging year of our lifetime. And fro...

02/01/2021

Wishing everyone all the best for the new year. Cheers to 2021!