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Holding Ourselves Accountable for Business Results

Supply Chain Shaman

Enterprise resilience–the ability to have consistent balance sheet returns despite market volatility– decreased starting in 2014. Lean, Blockchain, Industry 4.0, The goal of the conference is to Imagine the Supply Chain of 2030. The reality is very different. There are many reasons. Supply chain leaders love fads.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

There is a belief that the efficient response—the tightly integrated lean supply chain—defines supply chain excellence. Activists won, partially won, or settled 73% of proxy fights in 2014; this is up from 55% in 2010. The overarching theme is to Imagine Supply Chain 2030. If this is you, don’t accept the status quo.

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Will the Circular Economy Ever Go Mainstream?

Enterra Insights

Former McKinsey analyst Markus Zils adds, “The circular economy aims to eradicate waste — not just from manufacturing processes, as lean management aspires to do, but systematically, throughout the life cycles and uses of products and their components. The point is, there are no easy answers — and we have a long way to go. Footnotes. [1]

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Global Ecommerce: Size, Growth & Where to Start [2022]

ShipBob

By 2014, projected online retail sales in the U.S With the pandemic highlighting the need to create a lean supply chain and improve supply chain agility, ecommerce businesses have been adapting and improving to further support the industry growth. billion by 2030 with a compound annual growth rate of 9.5%.

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