Resilience has a cost—but so too does a lack of resilience The British like their cups of tea. So […]
After a turbulent few years, 2023 wasn’t too bad, actually. But we’ve still got work to do in 2024… […]
The circular economy—in which products and their component materials are recycled, reused, repaired, refurbished, or repurposed—is A Good Thing. Everyone […]
Quietly, businesses are doing the unthinkable: war-gaming how they would respond to the supply chain disruption that might result from […]
2022 turned out like few expected. What can we sensibly say about 2023? Try this… Well, that was quite […]
It’s too simplistic to say that supply chain management was ever really a straightforward affair. Even in those faraway simpler […]
As far as supply chains are concerned, the overriding theme to emerge from the pandemic is the need for greater […]
As the role of technology in supply chains continues to evolve, where does human expertise fit into the equation? How […]
What the past teaches us about the future To say it’s been an unsettling period for supply chains […]
During a crisis, it’s tempting to lurch back to normal as soon as humanly possible. Normal offers a sanctuary, […]
Organizations used to talk about their sustainability aspirations. No longer: those aspirations have now broadened, and these days embrace […]
What drives sourcing decisions? The answer: most often, price. In search of better prices, buyers have throughout history looked […]
For those of us working in the field of supply chain and procurement education, it’s an open secret. Namely, […]
The future of retailing and why e-commerce’s rise isn’t unstoppable Is traditional physical retailing irretrievably broken? Many people […]
Autonomous drones delivering packages—perhaps trundling along sidewalks, or flying through the air. Shipment-level real-time GPS-based track-and-trace technology, perhaps augmented […]
Climate change affects us all.And when looking at the causes of climate change, supply chains—and supply chain organizations—are far from […]
Beginning in January 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic inflicted massive disruption on the world’s supply chains. Few—if any—industries that relied on […]
The imagery was gripping: as countries went into lockdown, consumers stripped their supermarket shelves bare of supplies. Basic foodstuffs, painkillers, […]
In mid-February, as the factories of over a quarter of its Chinese suppliers remained closed, British construction equipment manufacturer JCB […]
Old ways of thinking are imprisoning us “I never make predictions—especially about the future,” American writer HL Mencken once […]
Uber is the world’s biggest taxi company, but doesn’t own a single taxi cab. Airbnb and Booking.com are the world’s […]
For statisticians with an interest in supply chains, the early years of this decade provided a fascinating example of the […]
In 2015, a series of explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin were powerful enough to be seen from space. […]
The highways of information sharing are a supply chain’s digital lifeline, without which decisions on forecasts, production, distribution are impossible. […]
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