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Case Study: When Tragedy Strikes Your Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

But then T&T’s chief operating officer, Jim Zappa, had pulled her aside to tell her the shocking news: A garment factory in Bangladesh that produced and packaged merchandise for T&T and other retailers had collapsed in the middle of a workday. “What’s your view on keeping operations in Bangladesh?

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The Big Picture of Business – The Statistics Tree: Understanding Figures and What They Symbolize, Relating Directly to Your Business Success

Strategy Driven

Of the companies who continue to operate without a plan, 40% of them will be out of business in the next 10 years. Employee theft and shoplifting accounting for 15% of the retail cost of merchandise. What many of them think is a plan include some accounting figures or sales goals. That is not a full-scope plan.

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Yes, You Can Predict Supply-Chain Disasters

Harvard Business Review

The disruptions to everything from gasoline supplies to the deliveries of merchandise for the holiday shopping season caused by Hurricane Sandy have demonstrated that our ability to forecast weather events has outpaced our ability to forecast supply-chain disasters.