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Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Recession?

Enterra Insights

Arntzen, the former executive director of the supply chain management program at MIT, recently republished an article he penned 2009, during the Great Recession. Demand has been ravaged, there have been extensive disruptions to manufacturing supply chains, and a financial crisis is already underway.”

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9 Headlines Striking Fear into Shippers Lacking a Strong TMS

Supply Chain Collaborator

Headline: US Manufacturing Contracts at Fastest Pace in Six Years. Analysis: When manufacturers look at their orders for the upcoming year and determine sales will be down significantly, they cancel orders for more and newer equipment to transport their goods. Headline: Intermodal Cargo Falls in 4Q for First Time Since 2009.

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Treading Water

Supply Chain Shaman

There are many techniques–lean, six sigma, Total Quality Management–but, the over-arching focus is on managing and reducing costs. Only 12% of public companies are making improvement during the period of 2009-2015 in both operating margin and inventory despite spending an average of 1.7% Continuous Improvement Processes.

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. Performance of High Tech and Electronics Supply Chains for the Periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. Our first step was to define the leaders.

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Achieving enterprise-wide adoption of supply chain risk management

Resilinc

Collaborate with stakeholders in finance, sales, manufacturing, etc., The business case should demonstrate how SCRM can strengthen lean and just-in-time initiatives. Anticipate and answer objections. to ensure functional leaders understand how SCRM can advance their interests. Difficulty in valuing risk management.

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Novo Nordisk: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

Performance and Improvement within the Pharmaceutical Industry for 2009-2015. Given the level of industry maturity within pharmaceutical manufacturing, Novo Nordisk has a strong foundation in manufacturing. We also have strong manufacturing culture and high focus on “Lean” initiatives. This is a design element.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014. In the period of 2008-2009, both supply chains made some major shifts. It is a strong downward trend.