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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part Two: Climate Risks

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The world’s oceans have been a vital part of global trade since humans first launched ships from shore. Today, nearly 90 per cent of global trade is carried by sea-going vessels. As a result, maritime shipping lies at the very heart of the global logistical system. In Part One of this article, I discussed emerging and ongoing security threats affecting maritime trade.

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Geopolitical Risks and Supply Chains

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Every day seems to bring with it a new headline about growing political tensions. Geopolitical concerns motivated Les Williams and Andres Franzetti , Co-founders of Risk Cooperative, to ask, “How will current tensions across the globe affect the supply chain?”[1] As they scan the geopolitical horizon, they see warning signs everywhere and they insist that “mitigating these business risks is a critical element for all markets.” They add, “Geopolitical risks … c

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Great Leaders are Curious Leaders

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No single trait defines a great leader; however, one trait most great leaders embrace is curiosity. Another important trait is wisdom — and the two traits are inextricably connected. The Greek philosopher Socrates once stated, “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” All leaders understand that the business landscape is constantly changing and, in order to succeed, the enterprises they lead must constantly adapt.

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When Old Technology is Cutting Edge: The One-Year Anniversary of ChatGPT and the Benefits of AI in the Supply Chain Industry

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ChatGPT Turns One This month, ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer) turns one on November 30 th , 2023. It’s a noteworthy date for the AI chatbot. Developed by Open AI as a large language model-based chatbot, the LLM allows end users to generate texts, code, and images. Microsoft invested over $10 billion in the company in 2023 and Bain has forged a partnership with OpenAI.

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Intelligent Automation and Business Continuity

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When the pandemic emptied offices and factories, business continuity planning (BCP) became a big issue for many companies. During the height of the pandemic, Damian Ehrlicher , Managing Partner at DGF Advisors, wrote, “Traditional business continuity was designed to build a secondary disaster recovery site that mirrored your production site in case of an infrastructure failure, but with an organization in constant development mode, this traditional methodology had to be augmented to adjust

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Looking Forward to the Autonomous Intelligent Enterprise

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“We live in a world of rapid transformation,” writes Hischam El-Agamy , Executive Director at IMD, “a world where digital disruption and megatrends are affecting all industries.”[1] One of those megatrends is the ubiquitous adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). Vijay Neti , a Managing Director with Accenture, writes, “I don’t see a day go by, where I don’t hear of AI and its profound impact — part beneficial and part detrimental — to humans. … As it exists

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Consumer Credit, Generation Z, and the Consumer Packaged Goods Sector

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Nothing is more central to the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector than supply and demand — and few things affect supply and demand like economic trends. During the pandemic, when going out in public worried many consumers, savings increased and buying patterns changed. For example, spending on clothing and cosmetics dropped while spending on home goods and staples rose.

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