Earlier this week, I had the privilege of moderating a virtual Leaders in Action (LIA) event on the theme of “Thriving in the Post-Pandemic World.” Twenty COOs and CSCOs of…
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Power of the Profession
Weekly column from the SCM World Research Team. Topical opinion and insight on what’s hot in the end-to-end supply chain and its impact on business and society.
“Low probability, high impact” is where we have always placed pandemics in our risk management models for the healthcare supply chain. This year showed what high impact means. Healthcare providers…
Supply chains have reimagined almost every plan, source, make, deliver, service process with digital business transformation and COVID-19. But, have you thought about how your strategic planning processes should change…
Cherry picking data, selective and incomplete use of evidence, and quote mining … it is election time in the United States and the political ads that accompany the electoral process…
For decades, many shippers regarded their third-party logistics providers as tactical partners that would be willing to negotiate costs down at the shipper’s behest. This was most clearly reflected in…
That title may be somewhat dramatic, but let’s consider the evidence. First, we need to set the scene: Cases of COVID-19 were initially reported in December 2019 in the Chinese…
So, how is everyone enjoying their ringside seats at the Great Dumpster Fire of 2020? OK, a tad melodramatic, but I’d imagine many of you nodded in agreement when reading…
It has become more obvious than ever during the pandemic that end-to-end supply chain planning is vital to managing our supply chains. Through the years, it has proven a tough…
Two years after the tsunami that devasted northwestern Japan in 2011, I was talking with a supply chain leader challenged with how her organization was performing. She recalled her company’s…
As with any recent traumatic experience, we tend to view everything through that lens and it’s difficult for that bias not to strongly influence decisions. The pandemic is a case…
