2025 SUMMER READING GUIDE
The Lean, Smart, Digital Supply Chain BY PAUL MYERSON To bridge traditional lean practices with today’s digital tools, the author shares how emerging technologies—from IoT and ERP to robotics, AI, and data analytics—
The Great Supply Chain Transformation: Navigating the 2025 Paradigm Shift BY AIVA SMITH Today’s perfect storm of geopolitical of geopolitical tension, climate change, and rapid technological advances is reshaping
supply chains worldwide. This book oers a clear roadmap for keeping up by building adaptive, tech-forward, and sustainable supply chains prepared for the challenges of 2025 and beyond. Key topics include adopting advanced technologies and strengthening operations through strategies such as multisourcing and enhanced risk management.
can supercharge supply chain eciency. The book breaks down core lean and agile principles, demonstrates how to select and synchronize digital systems for optimal impact, and includes practical use cases showing lean-tech synergy across planning, sourcing, warehousing, and delivery.
Supply Chain Resilience: Survival Strategies for Turbulent Times
Profitability Now: Supply Chain Inventory Management Success via the Glass Cockpit Approach BY COREY WEEKES Inspired by aviation’s “glass cockpit” concept—where pilots monitor real-time data
BY ANDREAS KARAOULANIS Across three sections, this book defines resilience, breaks down its core components and metrics, and provides real-world examples of companies of companies that have successfully weathered disruptions. It then explores 17 practical strategies—such as diversification and buer management—to help organizations withstand challenges ranging from pandemics to geopolitical instability.
to inform decisions— Profitability Now encourages Now supply chain leaders to use precise, just-in-time inventory insights to unlock profitability. The book provides concrete steps, executable playbooks, and tools for shifting from reactive stock control to proactive, synchronized systems that align inventory decisions with overall business goals.
Green Innovations in Supply Chain Management: Case Studies and Applications
BY MARCIA MKANSI, GODFREY MUGURUSI, AARON L. NSAKANDA, TEMIDAYO AKENROYE, AND FRANK TIETZE The integration of digital of digital technologies—such as AI, IoT, and logistics optimization platforms— and eco-conscious practices are reshaping supply chain strategies. Through detailed case studies across industries from manufacturing to retail, this book demonstrates how organizations coordinate internal and external green processes to achieve tangible environmental and business benefits.
The Missing Link: Mastering Supply Chain and Logistics In Food
and Beverage BY SONJA G NAGEL The unique challenges of food and beverage logistics— everything from compliance failures to foodborne contamination—are front and center in this book. The author oers practical strategies for building resilient systems and guidance on process optimization, traceability, and infrastructure planning.
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