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Supply Chain: Interrupted. A recap of our recent webinar on disruptions and trends from the first half of 2021

Resilinc

In a recent webinar on the state of risk and trends in supply chains, Resilinc CEO, Bindiya Vakil, and Director of Supply Chain Risk Consulting, Hirra Akhtar, described how aftershocks arising from the pandemic continue to disrupt supplies and logistics, and that these disruptions will continue well into 2022.

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A New Red Wagon?

Supply Chain Shaman

Last week, I spent time with large chemical companies engrossed in this discussion. Let’s take a look at the world of the chemical manufacturer. Acquisitions drove DOW Chemical’s wide swings. The chemical company’s performance today is largely based on financial engineering.

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

Due to travel restrictions, I cannot attend many industry events, so I observe from home, watching webinars and remote broadcasts. One of my insights from doing the industry analysis for the Supply Chains to Admire each year is that smaller and less well-known companies outperform larger and better-known manufacturers.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

This is the first post in a two part series on the “Changing Face of Manufacturing.” ” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. Drop in the price of crude oil.

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Parts Are Not Parts

Supply Chain Shaman

A slight change within a function–in sourcing or manufacturing, or along the chain–can greatly impact the outcomes of cost, customer service, or working capital. Today’s supply chain—with greater outsourcing, global manufacturing, and complex bill of materials–requires synchronization of the links.

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Wanted: Supply Chain Architects!

Supply Chain Shaman

Forty years ago as a chemical engineering student, I learned the tedious craft of chemical plant design. Getting good at factory design is a merit badge of sorts for the chemical engineer. Getting good at factory design is a merit badge of sorts for the chemical engineer. In this position, we designed real-world plants.

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Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

GlobalTranz

manufacturing is not experiencing a “renaissance” Industry experts conservatively acknowledge that off-shoring has slowed, and perhaps “stabilized” Although around 80,000 manufacturing jobs have come back to the U.S. Manufacturing has gained 700,000 jobs since 2010.

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