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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

Supply Chain Shaman

Many of the case studies being presented at today’s conferences were born during the pandemic and the post-pandemic turbulence. The audience assumes that the presenting company is outperforming. Watching the presentations, I wonder how we became so laser-focused on such a limited view of risk. The reason?

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Risk Management Can Be a Competitive Advantage, Part One

Enterra Insights

In the latest WEF Global Risks Report , the authors note, “Present and future risks can interact with each other to form a ‘polycrisis’ — a cluster of related global risks with compounding effects, such that the overall impact exceeds the sum of each part.” Because global supply chains are constantly facing crises.

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Building Value Networks. Stopping the Backward Slide.

Supply Chain Shaman

Avoid slick presentations. If the presentation sounds too slick, it probably is. The only two successful and transformational public networks were driven by Walmart and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC). The baby boomers that built EDI networks are retiring and the digital transformational teams lack an understanding of what it takes.

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US Semiconductor Fab Investments Make Headlines and Concerns

Supply Chain Matters

As Supply Chain Matters has highlighted in our prior industry specific coverage, industry dominants Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are also investing in U.S. Thus is the global semiconductor demand and supply balancing act that will present itself over the next three to five years.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Continues Downward Trajectory at the Close of 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of both December 2022 and full year reported global PMI indices that at the close of 2022 present a far different picture from the start of the year. Taiwan activity as reflected in the S&P Global Taiwan Manufacturing PMI® eased, rising from a depressed value of 41.6

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US Air Force Defense Acquisition and Contract Officers Come to NC State

NC State SCRC

We also looked at the supply chain for the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, and contemplated the net impact of a Chinese attack on Taiwan, and the devastation wrought on the global economy.

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Staying ahead of the game: Mitigating against IT constraints

Proxima

This new world presents a huge opportunity for businesses whether it’s a truly connected global workforce or improved customer experience. Then, as if a global pandemic wasn’t enough to contend with, we saw a series of natural disasters which included the flooding of semiconductor factories in Taiwan. Alexa, turn on the lights.