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Professor Yossi Sheffi on Resilience, Visibility, and Biggest Risks this Holiday Season

Elementum

Now, though, we might go to China for some things, but for assembly we might go to Vietnam, Malaysia, or more recently, an African country. So, how can companies prepare for something they, by definition, can’t prepare for? Consider manufacturing companies: “It used to be—go to China for products, parts, and material.

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Is More Innovation in Education Required?

Enterra Insights

Robert Philkill, a senior sales engineer at Teradici, had a similar experience when he introduced his company’s products to remote schools in Malaysia. ” Christensen Institute, 14 May 2013. [5] 9] Jordan Shapiro, “ Education Reform: There’s NOT An App For That ,” Forbes , 16 September 2013.

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Speculation and Shipping in the South China Sea

Elementum

A destabilized shipping route drives up costs in more ways than one, but how close are we to a problem that has yet to definitively present itself? Since 2009, the PRC has been the largest exporter overall, and overtook the United States as the largest trading nation globally in 2013. Spanning quite a distance.

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Probabilistic Forecasting: Right Fit for Your Business?

Supply Chain Shaman

Customers include Qantas, Air France, Lufthansa, and Malaysia Airlines. As shown in the figure in 2013, Spairliners had 73% stock availability and by 2017 their stock availability increased to 95%. The mindset of employees is quite fixed on the paradigm of traditional forecasting process definitions. The biggest challenge?