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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain resilience is a hot topic the last few years since post-Covid issues and newsworthy incidents like the Houthi attacks in the red sea have raised awareness. The bridge collapse is a stark reminder of the vulnerability of the nation’s aging infrastructure and the importance of supply chain resilience.

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My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

In business conversations, the term supply chain excellence rolls off the tongue frequently in meetings, but what does it mean? Supply chain excellence is harder to define than to say. We designed the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology to help companies define supply chain excellence.

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20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

Boeing is now a case study in how not to outsource a supply chain. The Dreamliner program was launched in April of 2004 with an order for 50 aircraft from All Nippon Airways. PLM designer Dassault Systèmes announced at the onset of the program that their software would “comprise Boeing’s Global Collaboration Environment.”

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Supply Visibility: More Important Than Ever. Yet Elusive.

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply chain shortages abound. The supply chain impact is unprecedented. In 2004, I joined AMR Research, a Boston Analyst firm. I volunteered to write a report on supply visibility. Projects Being Implemented as Part of a Digital Supply Chain Transformation Project. The list goes on and on.

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7 Rules of Fashion Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Opz

Fashion industry is one of the most primitive form of supply chain management and its practices have been extended, adopted and become the best practices that we use today. One year later "Kurt Salmon Associates" was assigned to investigate the whole apparel supply chain. In 2004, Kasra Ferdows, Michael A.

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Creating a Cognitive Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The speed of business is now computer speed and supply chains need to run at the same speed as the rest of the business. Fortunately, cognitive technologies are maturing just in time to achieve that aim. The Benefits of Cognitive Technologies. Machine learning is the most widely used AI tool in business.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

Many companies talk about Supply Chain Excellence, but most leaders struggle to define it. One supply chain leader, in a discussion last week, likened supply chain excellence to fitness. He felt that supply chain excellence was analogous. As a goal, it is easier to say than to define.