supply chain network

A report from ProLogis, a global provider of distribution facilities, entitled Network Reconfigurations - Springboard for Supply Chain Efficiency, discusses long-term trends in how companies have redesigned and reconfigured distribution networks and individual distribution facilities to adapt to changes in the economic environment and reduce overall distribution costs.

iCiX Inc., a web based network for analyzing supply chain risk and managing supplier information, has raised $6 million in a series B funding round led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson with participation from Starfish Ventures. The capital will allow iCiX to accelerate product development, sales and marketing, expanding their reach and impact on the supply chain industry, notes Matt Mosman, CEO of iCiX.

Below is an except from the groundbreaking report on integrated supply chain planning and execution written by SCDigest's research organization Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) Insights. 

This except provides a concise description of the third phase in the evolution to highly integrated planning and execution - moving to "Sense and Respond" supply chain networks (see graphic later in the article.)