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Supply chain risk management in 2017

Kinaxis

Interestingly enough, the first episode of Breaking Bad that aired in 2008 reflected what it was like being in supply chain risk management at the time: “Hey, a science teacher is cooking meth, how much worse could it get?”. In 2009, I’m sure most we’re thinking, “How much worse could it get?”. Some suppliers weren’t so lucky.

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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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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

Reliance Partners’ Borderless Coverage is a global insurance program designed to protect businesses of all sizes from the risks associated with international operations. About Mark Vickers Mark Vickers is a leading expert in domestic and cross border transportation risk management and insurance. Mark earned a B.S.,

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Another Asian Trip and Added Apple Sourcing Options

Supply Chain Matters

According to a published report from global news site CNN , the consumer electronics icon has invested upwards of $16 billion in production sourcing since 2009, with the equivalent of fostering more than 200,000 jobs. Production currently sourced include products such as iPad , AirPod and the Apple Watch.

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Unlearning Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

I’ve been a long-time advocate of the Vested model, ever since I took one of the first courses on it at the University of Tennessee in April 2009. And I’ve been highlighting Vested in my writings ever since, including: Target Cracking Down on Suppliers: An All Stick Approach to Supplier Relationship Management.

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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.”