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A collage of 2024 Women in Supply Chain Award winners presented by Supply Chain Xchange
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Leading the way

The four winners of the 2024 “Outstanding Women in Supply Chain Award” reflect on their career paths, leadership styles, and what the industry as a whole can do to inspire more people to enter the supply chain profession.

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Heather Sheehan: A career built on reaching out and reaching beyond

The 2024 CSCMP Distinguished Service Award recipient has shown a lifelong commitment to both promoting the supply chain as a strategic business process and to mentoring others.

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“CSCMP’s State of Logistics” report sees U.S. business logistics costs dropping

After sluggish demand in 2023, the “35th Annual State of Logistics Report” anticipates tightening of capacity, potential upturn in transportation rates in second half of 2024.

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Roberto Isaias: Making Mattel’s supply chain strong “kenough”

Mattel Chief Supply Chain Officer—and CSCMP EDGE keynote speaker—Roberto Isaias discusses how changes to the toy company’s supply chain planning process helped it handle the pandemic and the spike in sales from the Barbie movie.

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Gartner spotlights eight supply chain technology trends

Research finds an unprecedented agreement around the strategic need to implement digital tools.

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Keynote: “Geopolitical recession” is putting a “tax” on global supply chains

Political scientist Ian Bremmer kicked off second day of Gartner Supply Chain Symposium by outlining three factors that are creating unusual amount of geopolitical uncertainty.

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From drift to drive: Gartner keynote address emphasizes how to create a value-driven supply chain in post-pandemic world

Supply chains must focus on initiatives that deliver multiple forms of value and see disruption as opportunities to seize competitive advantage, says Gartner analyst.

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Meredith Westafer: Bringing systems thinking to complex problems

Co-recipient of Supply Chain Xchange’s inaugural Outstanding Women in Supply Chain Award, Meredith Westafer is a champion of taking a holistic approach to thorny issues, such as bringing automation to the loading dock.

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