Software resilience gives organizations the ability to pivot in the face of market pressures and evolve to meet changes in customer trends, and disruptions to individual markets or the global economy.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 · Craig L. Pearce and Christina L. Wassenaar
Is shared supply chain leadership the future? Shared leadership entails the informal, serial emergence of multiple leaders, depending on the knowledge, skills and abilities of the individuals involved, while considering the emerging requirements of the tasks facing those parties.
Uncertainty is the new normal for supply chain managers. There’s no silver bullet, but these 10 ideas may provide a template for managing in uncertain times.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 · Harry Haney, Thomas M. Decker, Jenny Kim, Monica Roth, Holly Warden, R. Bray McDonnell and Mark Mulroe
Some manufacturers and distributors are hiring recently incarcerated individuals in their plants and DCs. To make it work, you have to break through the “concrete ceiling.”
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 · Per Kristian Hong and Arun Kochar
Moving forward, the lessons from our current experiences must be captured and applied in an adaptive fashion to overcome new challenges as proactively as possible.
In the just-in-time supply chain environment of the automotive industry, procurement and supply chain managers can consider adjusting inventory levels according to the risk of a renewed regional or national lockdown that might disrupt inbound supply availability for a certain…
This Insights column is the second of a two-part series. It deals with lessons learned from selling and surviving in an organization living through the realities of a “bad news” annual budget—and its corresponding forecasts and plans.
Today's marketplace is not for the faint at heart. Leading industry analysts maintain that in the current volatile business environment, an increasing number of logistics service providers are being forced to take dramatic action to generate positive impact rapidly—or…
Just 10% of companies were on the right path to building customer-centric supply chains that are resilient and enable growth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from Accenture.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, supply chain leaders have been patching together responses to the pandemic. They’ve been redesigning logistics on the fly, pushing production capacity, adjusting inventory models, and seeking alternate suppliers.
It is important for executives to understand how knowledge can be categorized. There are two important taxonomies of knowledge that need to be discussed.
Although the pandemic dominates the world’s attention, climate risk is simmering in the background, with more than 3 in 4 (77%) CEOs and CFOs of the largest companies in the world admitting their firms are not fully prepared for the adverse financial impact of a changing…
Don’t miss out on the best in supply chain. Get premium
resources and in-depth, comprehensive feature articles written by the industry's top experts – delivered.
