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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

ToolsGroup

Supply chain planning in emerging markets is different. Now supply chain professionals have another different set of challenges on how to get product to the entire country where consumer-oriented outlets (i.e. Here’s what we found: 1. fast food or retail) are rapidly expanding.

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Transparency & Candor: Meet Three New Supply Chain Leaders Up Close

Stord

For customers, it shows up in our dedication to communicating honestly and providing complete supply chain transparency via our software systems to drive improved operational performance. So you must cross-train your teams, constantly test your systems, and build contingency plans for both volume spikes and valleys; that’s critical.

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How Procter & Gamble is thriving on supply chain complexity

ToolsGroup

Source: Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference. Procter & Gamble (P&G) is known for best-in-class supply chain planning. GDM now serves more than 100 distributors on five continents and in 180 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe. Equally it poses huge supply chain planning challenges.

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World Cup Plays that Build Winning Supply Chain Teams

MIT Supply Chain

And we can draw some important lessons from this wonderful spectacle – including ones that are particularly relevant to supply chain leaders. And so it is in the supply chain world. Keep it simple is a hard-won lesson in the supply chain profession. Don’t operate without a Plan B. Reinvent or perish.

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How Much Can We Learn from the Last Super El Niño?

Elementum

Here’s what can we learn from the most extreme to date, which impacted supply chains from 1997 to 1998. Similarly, mining operations in Southeast Asia and Argentina were halted during the droughts, as mines run on hydroelectric power. Your supply chain needs to be agile. Photo courtesy Wikipedia. El Niño Explained.

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Can the Latin America and Caribbean Region Use Nearshoring to Become a Supply Chain Hub?

MIT Supply Chain

As companies look to restructure their global supply chains in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and other disruptive forces, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has an opportunity to become the next manufacturing and logistics hub. The plan is to create the first rail network connecting the US, Mexico, and Canada.

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Trends 2024: Risk Management

Enterra Insights

Everyone is happy when things go as planned. Unfortunately, in a world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, things seldom go as planned. That’s the main reason why supply chain experts insist supply chains must become more agile and resilient.