HR Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The crisis has disrupted the earlier efficiency models. A streamlining of roles with a smooth supply chain and workflow created cost efficiencies, but the pandemic showed up the model’s fragility. Reason being an ability to hedge their bets and get a foothold in diverse markets and manage risks better.

Trends 105

Trends Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Crisis 105

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 2, 2020

The researchers suggest that the desire for small firms to move could be because they have a smaller order book that doesn’t allow them to hedge their risk in the way larger firms can. Sectors such as chemicals, food and drink, and textiles were among the most enthusiastic shifters.

Supply Chain 83

Supply Chain Hedge Credit Risk Bureaucracy 83

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Letting food go to waste, then, is a frivolous use of natural resources that drives up costs, inflates food prices, and weakens the food supply chain. Because of their direct links with farmers, processors, and consumers, they have the power to influence every facet of the supply chain. In the U.S.,

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Crisis Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

But they also know that reputations can damaged by more than the operational risks that can be managed with functional redundancies, or the financial risks that can be countered by hedging, investing in futures markets, and global currency diversification. It should be no surprise that most “best practice” crisis-recovery examples (e.g.,

Reputation 9

Reputation Risk Management Supply Chain Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2016

LTCM’s model continued to predict that it was properly hedged against a potential Russian default; the insight that it actually needed — that it was under-hedged and exposed to liquidity risk — could only have come from outside of the model. After the Russian financial crisis in 1998, LTCM imploded and lost $4.6

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

conflict in the Middle East or Africa renewing the migrant crisis in Europe. If these events occur, they would severely disrupt multinationals’ market strategies, supply chains, and exchange-rate assumptions. Middle East and Africa: Migrant Crisis Redux May Reignite European Populism.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9