During this next decade, we can expect to see an acceleration in three design trends that are already rapidly underway. In addition to driving innovation and how we approach design – they will also impact how we operate our businesses.
While many Chinese provinces have ended their official shutdowns, and others are expected to do so by the end of the month, Freightos reports that resumption of work has remained slow.
The pace of technology has outpaced the labor market's ability to train, re-train and re-educate workers. Traditional educational paths are slow to educate, unresponsive to society's needs, and leave too many students with intimidating amounts of debt.
Some companies are trying to source parts to stock up on inventory, to try to outlast this critical virus period. This in turn, will eventually cause shortages of all kinds as companies pay premium prices and hoard parts.
To help ensure organizations maintain continuity and resilience amid the coronavirus tumult, BSI supply chain experts are advising businesses take an immediate response to protect their workers and commercial interests.
While the Wuhan virus and US-China trade tensions are the elephant in the room, there are also a number of other global changes such as Brexit and potentially the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which would transform sourcing and trade relations.
In a recent column for Gartner's “Beyond Supply Chain” newsletter, Michael Uskert posits that supply chain's success may be its own undoing due to disruptions in multiple global arenas.
The Airforwarders Association (AfA), Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) and the Air Expedited Motor Carriers Association (AEMCA) will stage their annual AirCargo Conference to be held January 26 – 28, 2020, at the Omni Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 2019, APQC surveyed supply chain professionals regarding the use of analytics in the supply chain. It conducted a similar survey in 2016.
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