According to the IHS Markit World Flash – August 2020, the current crises not only plunge economies into recession in the near-to-medium term, but they can also inflict long-term damage.
As supply chain professionals, we are called to a responsibility that goes beyond the bottom line. The profession can lead the way through the pandemic.
America doesn’t have an industrial policy nor any national industrial goals. We’ve been operating under the belief that the free marketplace would drive the need and approach for what to produce in America.
As we approach the mid-point of August, we thought it might be worthwhile to examine a handful of developments that may soon change the global supply chain landscape.
A study just published in one of the world’s top research journals confirmed what supply chain managers already knew: the most successful companies manage and orient their entire supply chain network to best serve the final end consumer, and they do this by tearing down…
Friday, August 7, 2020 · Mike Burnette and Mike Policastro
Leading supply chain organizations leverage workforce diversity, and specifically generational diversity, to deliver high performance organization (HPO) results
With the ongoing pandemic crisis, it is heartening to learn that new strides in humanitarian supply chains are being made by leading providers of national distribution services.
Be sure you are updating your plans annually. Talk to other companies in your industry about their disaster planning. Look for best practices and good ideas from other companies and incorporate these into your own plan. We must do better to prepare for the next disaster…
Startup RPA Labs is developing pre-trained bots designed to automate logistics and supply chain processes
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