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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. Background The Council of Supply Chain Resilience met for the first time this month. What is supply chain resilience?

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain resilience is a hot topic the last few years since post-Covid issues and newsworthy incidents like the Houthi attacks in the red sea have raised awareness. The bridge collapse is a stark reminder of the vulnerability of the nation’s aging infrastructure and the importance of supply chain resilience.

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What is Supply Chain Resiliency?

Logistics Viewpoints

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the supply chain resiliency test. Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks.

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Thinking Differently About Supply Chain Resilience

SCM Research

Today I would like to introduce you to our new article entitled Thinking Differently About Supply Chain Resilience: What We Can Learn From Social-Ecological Systems Thinking , which is the result of an exciting collaboration with Mark Stevenson, Steven A. Melnyk, Simin Davoudi, and Lisen Schultz. Wieland, A., Stevenson, M.,

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How to Optimize Your Supply Chain in Times of Disruption

Disruptions expose gaps in the supply chain and amplify problems. Research by GEP and North Carolina State University shows how tech can fix the gaps and ensure supply chain resilience and optimization. What can be done? Download now!

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7 Tips For Building Supply Chain Resiliency

GlobalTranz

Shortages of products from toilet paper to microchips during the coronavirus pandemic highlighted the value of supply chain resiliency, and the opportunities for companies that aren’t as prepared as they would like. Even in the worst of times, a resilient supply chain bends and stretches but never snaps.

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Supply Chain Resilience 2022

SCM Research

This year Raconteur has once again put together a very readable report entitled Supply Chain Resilience 2022. The authors ask, “As disruption continues to plague international supply chains, what can organisations do to build resilience and ensure efficiency?”

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Resilience and Sustainability in the Cost-Plus World

Almost 69% of businesses fear they’ll lose 10% of their revenues in 2022 due to supply chain disruptions, according to a GEP sponsored report from The Economist. How can companies mitigate risks and build supply chain resilience? Find out how!

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The Supply Chain & Logistics Journey: Humble Beginnings, Troubled Present, Amazing Future

Speaker: James A. Tompkins, Ph.D.

In this webinar, you will learn: How to grasp that the challenges supply chains faced in the past differ from the challenges they are wrestling with in the present and will grapple with in the future. To understand the future of using technology to achieve supply chain resilience, sustainability, and competitive advantage.

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Problem Solved: Boost Resilience with Supplier Diversity

Speaker: Rod Robinson - SVP of the Supplier Diversity Practice, Insight Sourcing Group

This session will also cover: How to widen your pool of potential suppliers to achieve stronger supply chain resilience and adaptability. Rod Robinson is here to dive into the key benefits corporations are seeing emerge from well-designed supplier diversity programs, and how you can create one of your own.

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Elevate Your Supply Chain Resilience With Scenario Planning

Speaker: Robert Olszak- Vice President, Global Supply Chain Optimization, RGP

Cutting-edge technology allows for the envisioning, designing, and testing of your supply chain's resilience in the face of various hypothetical "attacks." The end result: driving up profit maximization, operational efficiency, and customer experience to achieve a heightened supply chain resilience.

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Building Supply Chain Resilience in the Real World

Speaker: Kelly Barner - Co-Founder & Managing Director of Buyers Meeting Point, LLC

Since 2020, procurement and supply chain professionals have faced an unprecedented set of challenges. The pandemic was just the start.

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The Easiest Platform to Manage Shipments

The unprecedented changes in the last couple of years have caused disruption and flustered supply chain resilience. As a result, shippers are dealing with high freight costs, late shipments, lack of visibility, process inefficiencies, and other complexities.

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The Modern Supply Chain: Global Challenges and Best Practices

Speaker: Bart Huthwaite - Principal, RSM, Operations and Supply Chain

What best practices leading companies are implementing to adapt – we’ll look into some of the most successful supply chain networks and examine what’s working and why. Save your seat today!