DC Velocity - IdeaBook 2016

W elcome to our 2016 special digital issue featuring the best-read articles on logistics and supply chain ideas and innovations from CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly and DC Velocity.

Whether economic conditions are stable, volatile, or simply uncertain, supply chain and logistics managers must confront a range of problems on a daily basis. To help them address those challenges, both publications have often featured articles that highlight innovative practices and strategies for improving logistics and supply chain operations. We have selected the most popular of these articles from the 2015 print editions of CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly and DC Velocity to create this compendium—aptly named IdeaBook 2016.

There’s something for everyone in this unique collection. For example, from the pages of DC Velocity, we chose an article that explains how omnichannel commerce is changing the way retailers use labor management software, and another that describes strategies for using warehouse management systems (WMS) to reduce warehouse costs. We’ve included a story about the future of data management in lift truck fleets as well as a case study of New Era Cap’s distribution center overhaul. The final selection from DC Velocity looks at pitfalls to avoid when setting up a packaging line.

From CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly, we chose some of the best-read articles from the past year, including a case study about how Bob Evans Farms and supplier Gordon Food Service collaborated to increase both companies’ profits. Another article offers talent management lessons from professional sports. Other “hot topic” Supply Chain Quarterly articles explain strategies for protecting supply chain data, outline steps retailers can take toward profitable omnichannel fulfillment, and consider how the Internet of Things will change supply chain operations.

IdeaBook 2016 is packed with fresh ideas you can use now and in the future. And with its digital format, you can access this special issue anytime, anywhere on your desktop or via mobile device, including our tablet version for iPad and Android. (Don’t have the tablet version yet? To download the free apps, go to www.dcvelocity.com/mobile and www.supplychainquarterly.com/mobile.)