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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.

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Build Resilient Supply Chains That Weather Disruptions 

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Truly resilient supply chains can only be built with complete visibility. The COVID-19 pandemic may have been the catalyst for the ongoing supply chain crisis, triggering economic slowdowns, layoffs, and production stoppages, but it is certainly not the whole cause. Recent Supply Chain Disruptions.

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Risk Management Can Be a Competitive Advantage, Part One

Enterra Insights

“Plan all you want,” writes Cyrus Hadavi , CEO of Adexa, “but disruptions are the supply chain’s real problem.”[1] Because global supply chains are constantly facing crises. In the first part of this article, I want to discuss some of the risks facing supply chains.

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Foxconn Under the Political Looking Glass

Supply Chain Matters

The increased geo-political tensions involving influential global nations is more and more spilling over into supply chain sourcing and business policy dimensions. In 2019, Gou gave up his chairmanship of Foxconn after announcing a Taiwan presidential bid. His candidacy was subsequently not successful in the election.

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The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022: What It Means for the Future of Manufacturing

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The CHIPS Act was created in response to pandemic-induced shortages of semiconductors and other critical manufacturing supplies, causing widespread disruption to supply chains across the country. . 2022) Source. 131M towards the creation of a National Supply Chain database. According to 2020 data, the U.S.

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Once Again- The Weakest Link in the Supply Chain Has Lasting Impact

Supply Chain Matters

A time served and long proven tenet of any supply chain is that disruption is often trace to the weakest link of the supply chain, regardless of cost. Thus are the evolving implications of a new era of geo-political tensions that are now driving supply network sourcing strategies. Bob Ferrari.

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Implications of Apple Securing Semiconductor Fab Supply from the United States

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters posting, we highlight a rather significant reports indicating that Apple is considering sourcing of the chip fabrication of its advanced design semiconductor processers within the U.S. within a period of two years, and the industry implications from such a move. . Background.