River Logic is leading a series of broadcasts on supply chain transformation called “Real Talks” – enabling industry leaders and providers of advanced prescriptive analytics technology platforms to discuss ways that enterprises can optimize supply chain ecosystems for resilience, profitability and sustainability. In its first broadcast, River Logic’s president, Carlos Centurion, and Ali Aksut Microsoft’s WW Solution Strategy, Digital Manufacturing & Supply Chain, will participated in a leading-edge broadcast, “Are You Ready to Learn How to Transform Your Supply Chain.”  ..read more

The ability to make strategic, tactical, and operational supply chain decisions in the digital ecosystem is and will continue to be a critical part of decision-making for supply chain leaders.  ..read more

Defining the Objective FedEx Office is comprised of nearly 2,200 retail stores, 15,000 employees, 18 commercial print facilities, and a nationwide transportation fleet. Tom DeGreve, Managing Director of Production Strategy & Engineering for FedEx Office, supported by advisement from Pierre Mawet, Managing Director of Supply Chain & Operations at Accenture NA, set out to better understand the complexities of print for the company’s customers, costs associated with transportation and production, and how to best meet demand at any given time. Greater insight into these areas would inform ..read more

Underlying Technology in Digital Planning Twins From a technology perspective, a Digital Planning Twin is a constraint-based digital representation of an enterprise’s full value chain – including all commercial, operational, and financial components. Its cloud-based architecture ensures security and scalability, while no-code implementation and pre-built templates get businesses up and running fast without IT or data science resource drains ..read more

For many, this combination of complexity and pressure stemming from BCP is, in turn, introducing anxiety and a sense of frustration. Fortunately, this doesn’t have to be the case. BCP is highly effective and delivers an exceptional ROI when teams and leaders are equipped with the right tools for effective BCP efforts and keep their focus on three key Business Continuity Planning Questions ..read more

Network design implementations are also notorious for spinning their wheels when scenario modeling and analysis bog down people and other resources to a point where initiatives fail, experience cost and schedule overruns, or simply underperform. So what can leaders do to support successful supply chain network design initiatives ..read more

Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is, in essence, an organization’s readiness and capability to continue meeting its objectives and demands at acceptable levels when disruptions arise. Today, two issues are compelling leaders to reexamine how they tackle BCP in their organizations: 1) Disruptions have become more intense and frequent, and 2) Significant limitations in traditional BCP approaches are rearing their ugly heads. The good news is that when done well, Business Continuity Planning not only increases resiliency but also generates a strong ROI that in most cases exceeds 10x ..read more

If we didn’t know what real supply chain disruption was before, we do now. Events over the past 18+ months (COVID-19, Brexit, Suez Canal blockage, India-China border conflict, natural disasters, cyberattacks on pipelines and shipping lines) forced companies to find new ways to deliver goods and services, secure alternative sources for needed materials, and simply determine how to survive. With disruptions becoming a new normal, what can we expect in 2022 and beyond ..read more

A key issue is the need to determine the optimal supply chain strategy for the organization over a 3-to-15-year period considering factors like ..read more

Here are seven tactical planning examples supported by River Logic ..read more