Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

CSCMP Notebook

2019 Supply Chain Hall of Fame nominations are open

Industry professionals have until February 1, 2019 to nominate individuals who have made outstanding contributions to supply chain management.

The deadline for nominating candidates for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' (CSCMP) 2019 Supply Chain Hall of Fame is almost here. Submissions are due no later than February 1, 2019.

Established in 2016, the Supply Chain Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the supply chain discipline.To be eligible for this award, a nominee must fall under one of the following three categories:


  • Industry transformers who have created an innovative supply chain technology, business, or process or have driven legislation or regulation that has transformed the industry
  • Knowledge creators and communicators, such as researchers, authors, journalists, and consultants
  • Industry leaders/practitioners

Additionally, CSCMP Distinguished Service Award winners are automatically inducted into the Hall of Fame.

A nominee must have at least 20 years of experience in the supply chain and logistics fields. He or she must also have achieved significant success in the industry, demonstrated extraordinary leadership skills, and served as a role model to students, young professionals, and budding entrepreneurs.

CSCMP's Hall of Fame nominating committee will create an annual ballot with a maximum of 20 candidates. Current candidates may include nominees from previous years who were not selected but received a specified minimum number of votes. Voting will be completed by the end of March 2019, and the winners will be recognized at CSCMP's 2019EDGE Supply Chain Conference.

To nominate a candidate, download the 2019 Supply Chain Hall of Fame nomination form at https://cscmpedge.org/ehome/344812/awardsrecognitions/#HOF and send the completed form to Heather Wood at hwood@cscmp.org by February 1.

Recent

More Stories

AI image of a dinosaur in teacup

Amazon to release new generation of AI models in 2025

Logistics and e-commerce giant Amazon says it will release a new collection of AI tools in 2025 that could “simplify the lives of shoppers, sellers, advertisers, enterprises, and everyone in between.”

The launch is based on “Amazon Nova,” the company’s new generation of foundation models, the company said in a blog post. Data scientists use foundation models (FMs) to develop machine learning (ML) platforms more quickly than starting from scratch, allowing them to create artificial intelligence applications capable of performing a wide variety of general tasks, since they were trained on a broad spectrum of generalized data, Amazon says.

Keep ReadingShow less

Featured

Logistics economy continues on solid footing
Logistics Managers' Index

Logistics economy continues on solid footing

Economic activity in the logistics industry expanded in November, continuing a steady growth pattern that began earlier this year and signaling a return to seasonality after several years of fluctuating conditions, according to the latest Logistics Managers’ Index report (LMI), released today.

The November LMI registered 58.4, down slightly from October’s reading of 58.9, which was the highest level in two years. The LMI is a monthly gauge of business conditions across warehousing and logistics markets; a reading above 50 indicates growth and a reading below 50 indicates contraction.

Keep ReadingShow less
chart of top business concerns from descartes

Descartes: businesses say top concern is tariff hikes

Business leaders at companies of every size say that rising tariffs and trade barriers are the most significant global trade challenge facing logistics and supply chain leaders today, according to a survey from supply chain software provider Descartes.

Specifically, 48% of respondents identified rising tariffs and trade barriers as their top concern, followed by supply chain disruptions at 45% and geopolitical instability at 41%. Moreover, tariffs and trade barriers ranked as the priority issue regardless of company size, as respondents at companies with less than 250 employees, 251-500, 501-1,000, 1,001-50,000 and 50,000+ employees all cited it as the most significant issue they are currently facing.

Keep ReadingShow less
diagram of blue yonder software platforms

Blue Yonder users see supply chains rocked by hack

Grocers and retailers are struggling to get their systems back online just before the winter holiday peak, following a software hack that hit the supply chain software provider Blue Yonder this week.

The ransomware attack is snarling inventory distribution patterns because of its impact on systems such as the employee scheduling system for coffee stalwart Starbucks, according to a published report. Scottsdale, Arizona-based Blue Yonder provides a wide range of supply chain software, including warehouse management system (WMS), transportation management system (TMS), order management and commerce, network and control tower, returns management, and others.

Keep ReadingShow less
drawing of person using AI

Amazon invests another $4 billion in AI-maker Anthropic

Amazon has deepened its collaboration with the artificial intelligence (AI) developer Anthropic, investing another $4 billion in the San Francisco-based firm and agreeing to establish Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its primary training partner and to collaborate on developing its specialized machine learning (ML) chip called AWS Trainium.

The new funding brings Amazon's total investment in Anthropic to $8 billion, while maintaining the e-commerce giant’s position as a minority investor, according to Anthropic. The partnership was launched in 2023, when Amazon invested its first $4 billion round in the firm.

Keep ReadingShow less