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Hurricane season 2024: how to prepare your supply chain

Resilinc

The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be extremely active, with multiple forecasts predicting above-average activity, increasing the potential for supply chain disruptions. How hurricanes affect supply chains If it becomes a record-breaking hurricane season, it could lead to more substantial disruptions to the supply chain.

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Boeing’s Potential Sourcing Reversal- Financial or Operational?

Supply Chain Matters

Major Developments Since our last blog commentary which we titled Boeing’s Corporate Culture Fix Is A Systemic Challenge , there have been a number of significant developments including what could be the reversal of a strategic outsourcing decision made in 2005. The post Boeing’s Potential Sourcing Reversal- Financial or Operational?

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Major Commercial Aircraft Supplier Labor Disruption Still Possible

Supply Chain Matters

In a prior Supply Chain Matters blog commentary published on Monday of this week , we highlighted that commercial aircraft fuselage, structural component, and engine pylon supplier Spirit AeroSystems has reached a tentative agreement in labor contract renewal talks with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).

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Major Commercial Aircraft Supply Network Disruption Now Avoided

Supply Chain Matters

In prior Supply Chain Matters commentary , we have highlighted that commercial aircraft fuselage, structural component, and engine pylon supplier Spirit AeroSystems was involved in tense labor contract renewal talks with upwards of 6,000 workers represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).

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Building Supply Chain Resilience Is Much More than Fixing Supply Problems

MIT Supply Chain

In such an environment, it is hardly surprising that fixing supply capacity issues is a top priority for companies. Moreover, as our analysis of operational failures underlines, supply capacity losses represent a leading cause of supply chain disruptions in general.

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Apple’s Fiscal Q1 Financial and Operational Holiday Fulfillment Disappoints

Supply Chain Matters

Bloomberg , it its reporting indicated that this was the first time the company had missed analyst holiday sales projections since 2005. Net income declined 13 percent to $30 billion, also missing expectations. To be balanced, Cook has consistently indicated that he will continue to share a good amount of his acquired wealth with charities.

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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Figure 1: Identifying gaps in supply chain competency Overall Findings from three segments of industry were identified namely logistics, manufacturing and trading. Manufacturing Industry: The manufacturing industry faces challenges stemming from material and labour shortages due to pandemic-related lockdowns.