{"id":27027,"date":"2020-10-19T11:46:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stageres.blueridgeglobal.com\/?p=27027"},"modified":"2025-09-15T19:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T23:55:44","slug":"28-supply-chain-management-pros-weigh-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/blog\/28-supply-chain-management-pros-weigh-in\/","title":{"rendered":"28 Supply Chain Management Pros Weigh In on Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>What are the biggest challenges of supply chain management?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/6river.com\/biggest-challenges-of-supply-chain-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27029\" src=\"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/scm-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/scm-1.png 865w, https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/scm-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/scm-1-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>6 River Systems, a robotics company focused on revolutionizing fulfillment, put together a nice panel of supply chain pros to discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/6river.com\/biggest-challenges-of-supply-chain-management\/\">biggest challenges in supply chain management<\/a> and how to overcome them.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a sampling of what they listed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not enough working capital due to overstock scenarios<\/li>\n<li>Being able to realistically see and safeguard against unforeseen delays somewhere in the chain<\/li>\n<li>The downstream effects from those delays including lost sales<\/li>\n<li>Changing customer demands and buying behaviors, especially with the ecommerce last mile race<\/li>\n<li>Cost as a deterrent to implementing technology<\/li>\n<li>Deciding where to send goods, how much to send and through which channels the goods should be shipped and delivered to minimize the delivery\/logistics costs and to maximize sales<\/li>\n<li>Automating\/digitizing supply chain data<\/li>\n<li>Cost control in moving goods on a global scale<\/li>\n<li>Shortage of skilled talent<\/li>\n<li>Manual processes, waste and costly mistakes in planning \u2013 still the status quo<\/li>\n<li>Poor communication<\/li>\n<li>Sudden emergence of trade disputes and resulting move to a new facility or country for production<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read their <a href=\"https:\/\/6river.com\/biggest-challenges-of-supply-chain-management\/\">full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Ridge platform is built to address these inefficiencies, uncertainties and communication problems &#8211; freeing up significant working capital and embedding agility into supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>If any of these supply chain management challenges are putting a wrench in your business, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/nate-schmal\/15min\">schedule 15 minutes with one of our experts.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the biggest challenges of supply chain management? 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