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Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

These changes can significantly impact supply chains by affecting sourcing strategies, trade routes, and market access. Despite the destruction and disruption caused by the natural disaster, Toyota had established alternative sourcing options and backup production facilities, enabling it to resume operations swiftly.

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Mass Customisation: What It Is and How Companies Are Using It

Unleashed

Automated inventory management platforms then help manufacturers organise and monitor their new, modular product ranges. This can make inventory management more difficult, especially if there are items coming back up the supply chain in the form of returns, which are then harder to resell.

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Reflective Thinking: Complexity

Logility

Source: Dictionary.com. As today’s networks grow and interaction with partners across the world becomes the norm, it is your ability to identify complexity and then develop a strategy to manage it that can make or break your competitiveness. Webcast: Inventory Management: Balancing Fast and Slow-Moving Products.

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