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Doing Business in Switzerland

QAD

Switzerland has a history of neutrality and was not involved in either of the two world wars, but it has continued to strengthen ties with other countries. Switzerland is east of France and north of Italy, also bordered by Austria, Liechtenstein and Germany. Manufacturing in Switzerland. Other Important Swiss Industries.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

Anytime you have a chance to talk to an executive vice president in charge of the global supply chain of a nearly $12 billion corporation, you know you will learn some things. Cameron Bailey, EVP of Global Supply Chain at VF Corporation, did not disappoint. Achieving Agility with Regional Supply Chains.

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Resilient supply chains require a shift in procurement strategy

Resilinc

Resilinc CEO Bindiya Vakil recently contributed a WEF Agenda article in which she urges procurement and supply chain managers to adopt a new mindset as they seek to build more resilient supply chains in the aftermath of the pandemic. These problems in supply chains are not new.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

They are demanding more supply chain transparency. What is supply chain transparency? Although transparency sounds like a straight-forward subject, Bateman and Bonanni note, “Less clear is how to define transparency in a supply chain context and the extent to which companies should pursue it.”

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Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions to Semiconductors 2023

Resilinc

So far in 2023, Resilinc’s supply chain disruption monitoring platform EventWatch AI sent 7,422 disruption alerts for the high-tech industry—up just 1% from the same time period in 2022. Of these alerts, over 50% triggered a War Room—meaning these disruptions could disrupt the supply chain. Is There Still a Chip Shortage?

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Patient-centric networks at the heart of pharmaceutical supply chain management: Lessons from LogiPharma Europe 2018

Kinaxis

In early April I attended the LogiPharma Europe 2018 conference in Montreux, Switzerland, an event that attracted more than 800 attendees, including practitioners and executives from pharma and medical device industries, along with software vendors and many service providers. Patient-centric networks are reshaping pharma supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters- This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech April 12 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 12, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. billion euros. In August 2021, A.P.