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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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2012 Supply Chain Predictions: Is the End of the World Nigh?

Supply Chain Network

But 2012 is an extra-special year; it carries heavy historical baggage chock full of dire predictions. Nostradamus painted a bleak picture of massive destruction and mayhem brought about by a comet in 2012. In the tradition of David Letterman, (in no particular order) let’s hit the Top 10 Supply Chain Predictions for 2012.

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Redesign to Improve Value: A Case Study of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

This week, I will speak at Llamasoft’s conference on improving supply chain network design. One of the reports that I am writing is on the state of Supply Chain Planning (SCP). In the recent study of the Voice of the Supply Chain Leader , we find that the gaps are large, and growing.

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Apple Product Event Provides Added Supply Chain News

Supply Chain Matters

In addition to new product hardware and some services announcements, the lead up to the event has provided some supply chain related news. The Lightening port was first introduced with iPhone 5 in 2012. restrictions on companies selling advanced technology to China’s high tech companies. market for the new iPhone lineup.

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How 2011 Prepared Us for Today

ivalua

On Friday March 11, 2011, at about 2:45PM local time, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck. But few remember the stress the 2011 event placed on global supply chains. . At the time of the disaster, Japan was (and still is) the 3 rd largest economy in the world.

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Q&A with Sidney Johnson: Veteran Supply Chain Practitioner and Resilinc Advisory Board Member

Resilinc

As an accomplished Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer, Johnson has served on multiple board committees, including the National Minority Development Council, the International Trade Centre (a joint agency between the World Trade Organization and the United Nations), and the Institute for Supply Management.

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Re-Imagining “The Great Reshuffle” In The Workplace With Gen Z

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Generation Z (also known as iGen, Zoomers, or Centennials) refers to those who are born during years 1997-2012. While flexibility increased as technology accelerated throughout the 2010s, business cultures of presenteeism and profit persisted. Unlike any other cohort before them, Gen Z are natives to technology.