How Has COVID-19 Inspired Supply Chain Step-Change?
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The situation of the COVID-19 pandemic has done much to emphasize the need for making supply chains more resilient in the face of disruption. Of course, the need for such…
Supply Chain Survival in the World After Covid-19
Well, here we all are: at an extraordinary and historically important time in our world. There’s no doubt that our lives have been changed forever, split into the Before and…
Can the Supply Chain’s Big Picture Take Precedence Over Cutting Costs?
In previous decades, the adage of seeing the big picture was often counterbalanced with a grim realism declaring that everyday realities and difficulties ultimately reduce that picture to empty ideals…
White-Labelled Process Maps – How They Work to Streamline a High-Value Supply Chain
There is no question that process maps are a vital part of any supply chain, big or small. They are an asset! Ask anyone who has ever bought or sold…
Supply Chain Technophobia – A Lesson From the Amazon April Fools Blimp
April Fools Day (1st April) has long passed but the internet is still abuzz regarding one particular prank video that featured a drone-dropping blimp (bearing none other than Amazon’s logo).…
Low Visibility Can Turn Local Couriers into Liabilities (or Assets)
The Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model is used by many companies today. However, its final two stages of Delivery and Return can be quite vulnerable to an unexpected yet…
Supply Chain Evolution in Light of the Blockchain Revolution
When a young business starts to make the transition to a larger enterprise, it is widely accepted that the supply chain will go through varying levels of dysfunction as it…
Sourcing Smallholders Still Requires Major Supply Chain Innovations
In a fairly recent article from Supply Chain Brain, it has been reported that several companies have started initiatives meant to bring the advances of new supply chain technology to…
When Leaders Leave, Are Their SC Change Programmes Doomed?
A change programme in a supply chain is a critical project in an enterprise. As such, these critical projects are very dependent on leadership to succeed and it should not…
Customer Experience – A Problem of Perception in Supply Chains
In a previous post, we mentioned that the two most significant megatrends of our time are EX (Employee Experience) and CX (Customer experience). Hence, it has been said many times…