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Welcome 2019

Supply Chain Shaman

The teams in these seats did not experience the down market in 2007 or the start of the market run in 2009. Also, small and nimble consumer goods companies gain power over larger and less flexible consumer products companies. The impact may surprise us. Today, we have younger leaders driving clicks on the keyboards.

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Three Lies and a Truth

Supply Chain Shaman

I have averaged about 100 articles a year. In 2009, the definition of supply chain resiliency was driven by the impact of the Great Recession. Next week, I will be speaking at the Consumer Goods Technology (#CGT2012) event and the Institute of Business Forecasting Executive Event (#IBF12). The Lies That I have Told.

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Reducing Supply Chain Costs

Logistics Bureau

These may be available in terms of supplies ordered, but also in terms of batches of goods manufactured or assembled, spreading overheads like setup time over larger numbers of products. When the sole manufacturer it was using for the thread in its seat belts went bankrupt (in 2009), Porsche was forced to suspend production for two weeks.