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Coronavirus Increases Supply Chain Risk Management Priority

Enterra Insights

For years I’ve been writing about the importance of supply chain risk management and how it’s often given short shrift in business discussions. Today, ears are no longer deaf to the topic of supply chain risk management. Risk management. 3] Those dimensions are: 1. ” Additional actions.

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Achieving enterprise-wide adoption of supply chain risk management

Resilinc

A common challenge for procurement and supply chain professionals is obtaining support from C-level leaders to invest in a robust supply chain risk management (SCRM) program. Difficulty in valuing risk management. Coronavirus = new perspective on risk management in supply chains. Contact us today.

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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. This year’s fall in output would be far more severe than the last recession, when the world economy contracted by less than 1 percent between 2008 and 2009.”

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July 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Indicating Declining Momentum

Supply Chain Matters

The report authors noted the first drop in manufacturing output since June 2020. Commenting on the July report, Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global indicated in-part: “ With the exception of pandemic lockdown periods, July saw US manufacturers report the toughest business conditions since 2009. slipping 2.3

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The Evolving Supply Chain Skills of the Workforce

Material Handling & Logistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the number of jobs in logistics will grow by 26% between 2010 and 2020, according to Crandall. Now the technical skills needed are those which enable supply chain professionals to tackle complex aspects of risk management or statistical modeling. Pero is finding. What about the introverts?

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

Three years later, he stayed with his $300-a-barrel prediction, but shifted the timeframe to 2020 (see the CBS News article, Another $300 Oil Prediction — and Why This One Matters ). Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). as of this morning — a lower price than 5 years ago!

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Five Ways to Drive a High-Performance, Cross-Border Automotive Supply Chain

TMC

Since 2009, U.S. You can avoid snafus by identifying high-risk shipments and monitoring their progress. Work with operations and supply chain risk management professionals as well as customs authorities to pick out these loads. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce , in 2015 Mexico produced 3.4 Common pitfalls.