Few firms remain even moderately vertically integrated, and few now control all but a fraction of their respective supply chains. This fact is too often lost in the "ERP versus best-of-breed" supply ...

Value stream map vs. process map, which is better for you? As with many tools and methods in Six Sigma, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to mapping things out. Both of these tools have ...

Business process mapping is the strategic analysis of identifying and creating a visual depiction of the process flow of various areas of an organization. For example, the supply chain cycle is an ...

SCM is the process of recording, storing, and using information gathered from suppliers who are involved in a company’s supply chain, with the goal of having an up-to-date understanding of network of ...