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Supply Chain Evolution

How Has the Evolution of Supply Chains Advanced Nations and Economies?

The history of civilization is often told through wars, governments, scientific discoveries, and technological breakthroughs. Yet an equally compelling narrative exists in the evolution of supply chains…

The Forrester Moment: How System Dynamics Created Modern Supply Chain Management

While Henry Ford revolutionized production and Ford Whitman Harris transformed inventory management, neither solved the most fundamental challenge facing modern enterprises…

Five Transformative Innovations That Changed the Trajectory of Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management has evolved through centuries of continuous improvement. Yet history shows that only a handful of innovations fundamentally altered the way goods…

The Next Five Years: Artificial Intelligence and the Re-engineering of Supply Chains (2026–2031)

The next five years are likely to represent one of the most consequential periods in the history of supply chain management. Unable to predict what AI will become, I wish to focus on how supply chain leaders should prepare during the next five years.

Supply Chains: The Operating System of Nations

For decades, economic growth has been explained through capital, labor, innovation, trade, and monetary policy. While these remain essential, recent global disruptions have revealed a deeper reality: the prosperity, resilience, and security of every nation ultimately depend on the strength…

“Digitalization Opportunities for Cell and Gene Therapy”

Jan 6, 2020 | Supply Chain Management

Q&A with Mandar Paralkar, Senior Director of SAP Systems The 12th Annual Conference of BSMA in Burlingame, CA, on October 15, brought together over 170 executives discussing Commercialization of the embryonic industry of Cell and Gene Therapy. Subsequently,...

New Product Launch: Transition from Clinical To Commercial

Nov 8, 2018 | Clinical Supply, commercialization, Supply Chain Management

BSMA 2018 Foster City, California Conference Proceedings Eminent executives of Life Sciences addressed how new product introduction can be enhanced by optimizing the critical transition from clinical to commercial management in the supply chain at the 11th...

Protecting the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Oct 25, 2017 | biopharma, biotech, cold chain, strategoc sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Young Professionals

~~ Getting Patients a Drug That Works October 25, 2017 David Marash MENG, Keck Graduate Institute Supply chain integrity is a fundamental component of effective patient treatment. The 10th annual Biosupply Management Alliance Conference highlighted many...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BSMA!

Oct 25, 2017 | biopharma, biotech, cold chain, strategoc sourcing, Supply Chain Management

Oct 18, 2017 Devendra Mishra Co-Founder and Executive Director, Bio Supply Management Alliance When the Bio Supply Management Alliance (BSMA) was born a decade ago right here in the Bay Area, the goals were lofty: create a...

A Student’s Viewpoint of BSMA’s 10th Annual Conference

Oct 25, 2017 | biopharma, biotech, Supply Chain Management, Young Professionals

BSMA Conference Report October 17, 2017 Nancy Matti Master of Engineering, Biopharmaceutical Processing 2018 Keck Graduate Institute Claremont, CA As a graduate student studying various process developments and manufacturing platforms, I never looked into what happens...

Crash course of biosupply chain management and technology