Definition: “Someone’s efforts, resolve, or viability are tested; things are meaningfully challenging.“ Wikipedia The supply chain team’s past thirty-two months of disruption were a long, winding road full of surprises. Navigating through the turmoil is
Disruption after disruption is the current state of today’s supply chain. As we build better solutions for planning, we need to avoid dead-end streets.
Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. Currently, companies struggle with rolling electric outages in China. Water levels falling in the Rhine, the Loire, the Yangtze,
At the end of a long day of a strategy session on supply chain excellence with a client, I needed to fill up some time
A blog post outlining the mistakes companies make in the selection and implementation of supply chain planning technologies.
I remember the evening well. A requirement to apply as an analyst position for AMR Research was to write an opinion piece and defend the
The Supply Chains to Admire Analysis, now in its 9th year, evaluates public companies on balance sheet performance of growth, operating margin, inventory turns, and Return on Invested Capital. Only 4% of companies outperform their sector.
Supply chain resilience is “the capacity of a supply chain to persist, adapt, or transform in the face of change”. Wikipedia Revlon bankruptcy. McCormick stock
Over the last three years, these three fundamental assumptions unraveled: they are no longer valid. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain.
As my arms stretch forward to pull for the next lap in the summer heat, three thoughts circulate in my head. (I often write my
