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Citation of Excellence Awards 2012

SCM Research

This time, at least two articles related to supply chain management have been awarded: Manuj and Mentzer (2008): Global supply chain risk management and Roth et al. 2008): Unraveling the food supply chain: Strategic insights from China and the 2007 recalls. Congratulations! 2158-1592.2008.tb00072.x.

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Promo Industry Can Take a Punch, Stand Ready for the Next Blow

QAD

For the 10 years between 2007 and 2017, the promotional products businesses grew steadily. This dramatic tariff increase caused a chain reaction resulting in price increases that spread like wildfire across the entire industry. The Second Blow — COVID-19, Supply Chain Disruption and Lack of Inventory.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

In a survey of 150 global manufacturing executives, 47% committed to improving supply chain visibility and tracking. According to the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report, this goal was the top-ranked planned tool investment.

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The West Coast Bottleneck with Brian Rice

The Logistics of Logistics

The US imported the most goods from Canada until 2007 when China replaced our neighbor to the north. In 2019, these five countries supplied 48% of the $2.5 Meanwhile USA exports dropped because of supply chain shortages, COVID related production delays. trillion in U.S. imports of goods.

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Ooh, Scary Stuff, Kids. Tales from the Supply Chain Crypt.

Kinaxis

On average “supply chain disruptions can reduce shareholder value by 7%, with disruptions affecting stock prices even before formal announcements or coverage of impacts.”. By 2007, after various delays and issues – Walmart changed its RFID strategy. Was the 8% unusually high? Wal-Mart’s frightening RFID debacle.

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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

Time to Sense Market Shifts in the 2007 Recession. A decline in consumer sentiment, increasing market turmoil, and pending supplier shortages means one thing for the supply chain: disruption. The public markets struggled today with the plunge in oil prices. Today was the worst day in the S&P since August 2011.

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3 Ways Crowdsourcing Is Revolutionizing Supply Chain Management

Kinaxis

But supply chain professionals responsible for risk management can’t afford to take a “ if something goes wrong” approach. Truly successful supply chain risk management incorporates a “ when things go wrong” methodology, because inevitably, things will go wrong.