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Yes, You Can Predict Supply-Chain Disasters

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

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. During a crisis, it is essential that there is one version of the truth.

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Case Study: When Tragedy Strikes Your Supply Chain

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

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. We can’t afford to have the margins drop on half our merchandise.

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