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Get the right stuff to the right place at the right time with minimal cost while keeping the customer satisfied – what’s so hard about supply chain management? As the public has seen in the last couple of months, this deceptively simple proposition is …
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As difficult as it is to respond to events that cause global disruption, I’ve noticed that all parties involved in problem solving lack the ability to respond with the speed required to mitigate risk. When you see what is required to collect all the data …
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When your house is on fire, you’re not thinking about what brand of energy efficient appliances to buy, the most cost-effective HVAC system or what color to paint the study. The same goes for your business when disruptions throw the supply chain and your …
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It’s difficult to be fully prepared for such an extreme event as the COVID-19 outbreak, but some supply chains were more prepared than others. Some companies went on offense. Many others were forced to play defense. Anyone that could connect the nodes in …
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Welcome to the bullwhip effect: an oft-observed phenomenon well-known to business school professors, logisticians and supply chain leaders everywhere. Many of us in business schools and supply chain management courses have demonstrated it to our students …
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When the supply chain “breaks,” everybody notices! I had never heard a major country leader, neither president, premier, nor prime minister utter the words “supply chain” before this past March. That leaders felt it necessary to talk about the supply …
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As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread rapidly around the globe and governments put severe restrictions in place to contain it and limit loss of life, chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) are being forced to find workarounds for broken supply chain …
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The outbreak of the coronavirus has transformed global supply chains. For years, companies sought the most cost-effective suppliers with little regard for a supply disruption from that supplier. Now many countries, businesses and consumers are discovering …
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Global supply chains never stop. Unfortunately, neither does disruption. Companies are returning to stability after months spent combating challenges due to COVID-19, but few are taking this period of steadiness for granted. Many assume the next …
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400 billion minutes is a long time. It sounds like it could be a made-up number, roughly 7,610 centuries, but according to Nielsen , that is the volume of minutes streamed on US televisions in just the first three weeks of March 2020. Spreading that …
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We’ve often said that digital transformation isn’t just about changing technology. Transformation changes work flows, organizational structure and work culture. When done well, it can lead to dramatic performance improvements. But change is a challenge …
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Amid the COVID-19 situation, we held the first joint IBM-Kinaxis webinar session in Taiwan on May 12, 2020 which attracted more than 170 attendees. The theme of the webinar was "As smart manufacturing evolves again, what will be the new normal for …