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世界的な混乱を引き起こす事象へ対応することは難しいですが、私は、問題解決に関わる全関係者にリスク緩和に要求される迅速な対応力が欠けているという点に注目しています。グローバルシステムに関するあらゆるデータの収集とそのデータの解釈に必要なものが分かれば、対応時間の遅れに関する理解が深まります。 …
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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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During World War II, the automotive industry shifted production from vehicles to airplanes to support the wartime effort. We now face a new kind of world war of the public health variety. We’ve all seen coverage of healthcare workers reusing personal …
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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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In the age of COVID-19, supply chains are experiencing a bumpy ride. Some industry supply chains have seen significant supply disruptions but only minor demand changes. Other industries have seen minimal supply disruptions but major demand changes, and …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted businesses on a global scale. Government lockdowns and quarantined living have significantly changed consumer behaviour and shopping patterns. These shifts are not only leading to a number of current challenges, but …
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“Companies that run better supply chains generally perform better than those that do not …” was a comment I made many years' ago at an industry conference. While in-person conferences were an early casualty of COVID-19, replaced by virtual meeting and …
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Today, Rubikloud was officially acquired by Kinaxis, one of the fastest growing and most exciting enterprise software companies in Canada and the world. This is a special day for Rubikloud, and it would be easy to write a long post of personal reflections …
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Einstein is famously quoted as saying, “If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in …
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Graduation season is a time to recognize the accomplishments of those who have put in so much effort over the past few years, but it just feels weird this year. Even though celebrities, athletes and business leaders have tried to provide virtual …
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Digital transformation. It sounds oh-so-glamorous at first. But digitization is not a panacea for the world’s (or even just one company’s) supply chain problems. While it’s true that automating and digitizing once-tedious and time-consuming processes can …
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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 …