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Optimizing Supply Chains Has Never Been More Important

Enterra Insights

For the past few years, the news has been filled with stories about supply chain disruptions, supply chain fragility, and the need for supply chain resilience. A term once prominent in supply discussions optimization isn’t heard quite as often as it used to be.

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Thirteen Years a Blogger

Supply Chain Shaman

For over a decade, since founding Supply Chain Insights in 2012, I have pounded the keyboard, asking business leaders to think more holistically about the impact of supply chain decisions on the firm’s value, the improvement of a value chain, and the impact on the environment. Note the fall in 2014-2019.

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Supply Chain Resilience is Essential in an Uncertain World

Enterra Insights

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains and upended the global economy, supply chain experts insisted that supply chain resilience was essential. There is a] need to prepare supply chains not only to survive, but to thrive in chaos.”[1] The reason?

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Distributor Management – Top 5 Do’s and Don’ts for FMCG Principals

Enchange Supply Chain Consultancy

Do Invest in Distributor Capability Building : Provide training, digital tools, and performance incentives. Do Embrace Technology and Data : Use real-time data for demand forecasting, inventory management, and route optimization. A well-equipped distributor is an extension of your brand and a key to market penetration.

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How Automation in the Supply Chain Will Make Employees More Strategic & Improve the Overall Supply Chain

Speaker: Adam Robinson, Director of Marketing, Cerasis

We’ll address how automation in the supply chain will provide employees with the following: More Strategic Procurement. Improved Supplier/Vendor Management (Automated buying on an e-commerce website for repeat orders, automated freight pickups for inbound delivery, automated tracking alerts). AM PST, 2.00

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How Do IT Supply Chain Attacks Actually Happen?

IT Supply Chain

How Do IT Supply Chain Attacks Actually Happen? - How Do IT Supply Chain Attacks Actually Happen? By Richard Pearson (pictured) Content Writer 49 Views IT supply chain attacks are no longer rare. What Is an IT Supply Chain Attack? Why Attack the Supply Chain?

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for July 18, 2025

Supply Chain Digest

AMR Forecast Down h $55 Million That’s how much Walmart says it has already saved from a solution it calls “Self-Healing Inventory” system in Mexico City, automatically rerouting supplies when overstocks appear. “Proven US technologies are now rolling out globally, enabling faster, smarter operations at scale.”