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Coronavirus Increases Supply Chain Risk Management Priority

Enterra Insights

Van Hull notes, “Shortly after Dr. Osterholm’s article, in May 2006, AMR Research (acquired by Gartner in 2009) published Supply Chain Saves the World with a chapter dedicated entirely to preparing for pandemics. Training seldom receives the attention it deserves. AMR recommended investing in workforce training (e.g.,

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Since 2009, when Herlitz Inventory Management was founded, annual inflation has been below 3 percent in the US. We encourage all our customers to schedule a refresher on Forward Buying training, and for anyone else who is interested to give us a call to learn more. source: tradingeconomics.com. Financial crisis. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act.

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Toyota’s CEO Leadership Change and An Accelerated EV Supply Network Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

Background Since 2020, Toyota has maintained its recognition as the world’s top selling auto maker. He rather steered the company toward providing different power train options for consumers and for countries. The company has now tapped Koji Sato who has led the Toyota’s Lexus luxury car division since 2020.

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The Digital Supply Chain: Making The Leap With A Ball and Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I spoke on the evolution of the digital supply chains and my vision for Supply Chain 2020 at the World Trade Group Event in Miami. I had touched some nerves with my five predictions for 2020: Digital, Outside-in Value Networks. I believe the demographics shifts shown in Figure 1 will transform Supply Chain 2020.

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How the Semiconductor Shortage Could Have Been Averted

QAD

The origin of this most recent semiconductor shortage began in early 2020 as automotive assembly plants and the supply chain shut down due to COVID-19. Very similar to the crisis in 2008-2009 and much to the surprise of industry analysts, automotive demand came back much quicker than expected. In addition to 6.2.1.7,

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Pet Food Experts Selects HIMPACT by Herlitz Inventory Management

Herlitz Inventory Management

November 19, 2020, Cambridge, MA – Herlitz Inventory Management , leading innovator in scientific demand forecasting, replenishment, and optimization, announced Pet Food Experts has selected HIMPACT as its new purchasing system. Just in our first week of training, we saw how intuitive and user-friendly the interface is.

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Achieving enterprise-wide adoption of supply chain risk management

Resilinc

On the investment side, a detailed budget for staffing, training, software, cloud subscriptions, consulting fees, etc., In the first half of 2020, Resilinc supported its customers in responding proactively to the massive global supply chain disruptions that were occurring. But the core is the ROI analysis.