article thumbnail

20 Years of Outsourcing Come Back to Haunt Boeing

Logistics Viewpoints

The outsourced R&D, in turn, supported outsourced manufacturing with over 50 key suppliers. Boeing is now a case study in how not to outsource a supply chain. Tang explained, “Boeing decided to outsource 70% of the design, engineering and manufacturing of entire modules to over 50 strategic partners.”

article thumbnail

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. We have heard that there is a focus on near-shoring, reshoring, and local manufacturing. What to do?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

The bridge is part of the heavily traveled Interstate 695 linking Baltimore to Washington, D.C. Walmart Canada is piloting an automated receiving solution. The centers feature an automated, high-density storage system that, among other benefits, allow the retail giant to double the number of customer orders it can fulfill in a day.

article thumbnail

Exiger Brings Supply Chain Explorer to Snowflake’s Manufacturing Data Cloud

Exiger Perspectives

Exiger’s Supply Chain Explorer enables joint customers to rapidly identify risks within their direct and indirect ecosystems and supply chains NEW YORK, WASHINGTON D.C., Exiger’s Supply Chain Explorer offers real-time sub-tier transparency to swiftly navigate and mitigate critical threats.

article thumbnail

My Lessons in Interviewing Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

In business conversations, the term supply chain excellence rolls off the tongue frequently in meetings, but what does it mean? Supply chain excellence is harder to define than to say. We designed the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology to help companies define supply chain excellence.

article thumbnail

The Confusing Future of the Internet of Things

Enterra Insights

Last year technology journalist Gordon Feller wrote, “The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to disrupt and transform manufacturing and a number of other industries.”[1] ”[1] Jump forward a year-and-a-half and you find technology journalist Shraddha Goled asking, “Is it too soon to write an obituary for IoT?”[2]

article thumbnail

Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. In our research, we find that 72% of planners primarily depend on Excel and desktop analysis despite the rollout of advanced platforms for planning in 92% of manufacturers with greater than 5B$ in revenue. We are managing the supply chain in the Pandemic in phases.