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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. Asset relocation takes time.

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How Supply Chain Management Software Became Manufacturing’s Shock Absorber In 2021

IQMS

Bottom Line: Unpredictable demand swings caused by the pandemic are stress-testing supply chain management software systems across manufacturing, helping many manufacturers discover new strengths they hadn’t realize they had before. Stanley Black & Decker’s Supply Chain Management Challenges.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule September 8 2023- Boeing and Toyota

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides an updated news capsule follow-up relative to prior supply chain management developments that we have shared on this blog. At the time of our posting, engineers were determining which specific aircraft were impacted by the fault discovery along with assessing the overall fix for the problem.

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Beyond Asset Tracking: RFID For An Accelerated Supply Chain

The Logistics of Logistics

Today’s supply chain and logistics management executives are tasked with managing multiple supply chain configurations, maximizing flexibility and incorporating complex technology systems into the mix. Today, RFID is building a new era for process automation and supply chain transparency.

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Supply chain reshoring: where things stand now

Resilinc

Reshoring—the practice in which OEMs bring production and supply chains back from foreign countries to their home countries—and nearshoring—bringing production closer to home or to major markets—have increased in the wake of the pandemic, although not necessarily at the pace and scale which some anticipated. manufacturing facilities.

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China’s Export Restrictions on Germanium and Gallium  

Resilinc

China is the global leader in exports for both rare metals, exporting around 80% of the world’s gallium and about 60% of the world’s germanium. Unfortunately, China has just issued critical restrictions on these commodities, creating a cause for concern for many businesses and manufacturers in the high-tech and semiconductor space.