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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

On a cold Boston winter day, I slipped into my seat on a back row in a packed conference room at AMR Research. Heavily booked and running from meeting to meeting, I was late. As I squeezed into the middle seat of a crowded conference room, I got the stare. You know, the look of peers communicating the signal, you are late.)

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Yes, I am a Zealot. I Still Believe. Do You?

Supply Chain Shaman

I can find only two good examples of value networks creating value: Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) in the semiconductor industry and Performance Based Logistics in Aerospace and Defense. Look at the gyrations of Boston Scientific and Eli Lilly for the same period of time. Today, we are not aligned on value-based outcomes.

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The Greatest Risks Facing Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysts insist, “Managing and mitigating nature-related risks will require a much wider lens than most companies have adopted to date. 6] Van Nierop writes, “Nobody likes to think about the side effects of NATO going into Ukraine, or China taking action on Taiwan. Environmental Risks.

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Outsourcing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Lessons from Nortel Networks

NC State SCRC

The ODM’s in Taiwan have a single tech park where they all started. At the time – it was all in Taiwan, and over time it was moved more to manufacturing locations in China. Nortel was on the first to create an outsource system house in Boston which was moved to Penang.

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THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS ON SUPPLY CHAINS

Bristlecone

This industry has largely outsourced its manufacturing to China, Taiwan and other Asian countries. has a large aging population, which makes it the largest market for companies like 3M, Alcon, Zimmer Biomet, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, NuVasive, Intuitive Surgical, etc. All the big OEMs like Apple, Dell, HP, Qualcomm, etc.,

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Is Your Supply Chain Prepared for War?

Enterra Insights

With an eye on Taiwan, China is carefully watching how the Ukraine war and Putin’s actions succeed or fail. Joshua Shifrinson, an associate professor of international relations in Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, calls the current situation “internationalized conflict.”[3]