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Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

These changes can significantly impact supply chains by affecting sourcing strategies, trade routes, and market access. For instance, during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Toyota’s robust supply chain resilience allowed it to quickly recover and restore operations. Another notable example is the technology sector.

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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

I followed his journey during the period of 2006-2011, and wanted to check in with him to gain his insights on the selection of VTech as a finalist in the Supply Chains to Admire research. Very early on, I made it mandatory for all supply chain leaders to study Six Sigma to a green belt level. They appreciated it.

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Supply Chain Management:Knitting Agile with Asset Maintenance.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Visualizing the benefits of various new techniques such as Just in Time, Business Process Re-engineering, Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma, ISO 9001, etc., Sourcing,Procurement,Contract & Spend Management (38).

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TOC for Electric Utility industry.Part 1 - Infosys Blogs

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. The objective of all other improvement initiatives like TPM, RCM, Lean or even Six Sigma is to improve your system efficiency thereby increasing the throughput. December 2011. November 2011.

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Why a Product-Centric Approach to Quality Matters

Arena Solutions

Angenette has more than 24 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, Lean Six Sigma, and supply chain. And what that often means is finding a second source, finding other options, another alternative. And there’s been a case study done and a real-world example, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011.

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