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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Water levels falling in the Rhine, the Loire, and the Colorado River. Business continuity continues to be a risk for many retailers and manufacturers. Definition of groupthink A pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics Wikipedia. My take away?

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How to Fulfill Orders When You Don’t Have Enough Product to Meet Demand

MIT Supply Chain

In the first stage of the pandemic, many automotive manufacturers reduced their orders, anticipating a downturn in vehicle sales. I describe them in my latest book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19. Companies need to think about how they are going to address this challenge.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Refrigerated inbound freight from California is currently difficult to book with limited capacity. We are seeing favorable rates for shippers in Seattle, Ontario, California, and Denver, Colorado as carriers look to capitalize on outbound volumes. Shipping to or from Colorado should not be restricted. Westcoast Logistics.

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Guest Post: Ignoring this Performance Metric is Risky

TMC

As I explain in my book, The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected (MIT Press, October 2015), companies can improve their disruption detection capabilities in a number of ways. When Cisco saw news of wildfires in Colorado in 2012, it wasn’t concerned, because it had no manufacturing or suppliers in the area.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

Refrigerated freight from California to the Southeast remains difficult to book with limited capacity. . Colorado ? . Following the expiration of the stay-at-home order on April 27, Colorado has begun a “safer at home” phase of reopening.?? . Shipping to or from Colorado should not be restricted.?? . Connecticut? ?

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Champions of Sustainability: W. Edwards Deming

QAD

Sustainability has become both a strategic and operational objective for manufacturers globally. But, it could be argued that no one has done more for sustainability in manufacturing than Deming, the father of quality control and management. For a modern manufacturer like Tesla, these two goals are top of mind.

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Driverless Trucks, China, COVID and the Future of the Supply Chain

Turvo

My husband and I, desperate to reclaim any small portion of our lives post 3 children had booked a summer getaway to CO. Now in Colorado, with baby in tow, we attended a very nice, very quiet, “adults-only” wine tour.which became, for us, an “adults-only with napping baby” wine tour. Would it even happen?