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The following excerpt is from the Introduction of Total Value Optimization: Transforming Your Global Supply Chain Into a Competitive Weapon by Steven J. Your supply chain is the backbone of your company. Like a backbone, your supply chain is a complex mechanism. MORE
Among the recommendations we offer, one in particular is salient to businesses: supply-chain reform. So how can firms like yours get ahead of the curve and encourage reform across their own supply chain before they face activist pressure? Image Source/Getty Images. MORE
A new type of services company could transform global supply chains: Financial technology companies that act as intermediaries in facilitating transactions between a company and its suppliers. Traditionally, supply chain management has been about sourcing, making, and delivering. MORE
There are three reasons why CEOs should be tapping their Head of Supply Chain to unlock these benefits, not their Head of Sustainability. While getting accurate, timely carbon data from your own operations can be tough, gathering data from outside your four walls is a far greater challenge given the complexity and scale of most supply chains, and there's no well-defined way today to navigate it. MORE
The supply chain is the heart of a company’s operations. To make the best decisions, managers need access to real-time data about their supply chain, but the limitations of legacy technologies can thwart the goal of end-to-end transparency. New digital technologies that have the potential to take over supply chain management entirely are disrupting traditional ways of working. Technology Competitive strategy Supply chain Digital Article MORE
Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?” MORE
Companies are cutting supply chain complexity and accelerating responsiveness using the tools of artificial intelligence. What does that mean for the supply chain workforce? Now is the time to identify exceptional talent by looking outside of the supply chain. MORE
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. If we can forecast a superstorm, we should be able to predict events that could disrupt supply chains and mitigate their impact. The resilience of supply chains should be continuously improved. MORE
For example, consider a project designed to improve inventory accuracy, which is driven by the supply chain function, but requires adoption by people in operations who will use the system. Change implementation often crosses functional lines in organizations. MORE
Either accept it (and its higher costs and lower profits) or take control of your fate with strategic, game-changing actions that cut time and costs from the supply chain. The impact on supply chains. The longer your supply chain is, the greater the risk of variability. MORE
Here in the Guardian , two business professors offer a practical solution to all three problems using developing nations’ supply chains. The consumer-goods supply chain typically moves from large Western or indigenous manufacturers to distributors to wholesalers to family-owned shops and finally to micro-retailers selling from carts or by the roadside. MORE
It’s time for them to rethink their supply-chain strategies. Adjusting to new economic realities as well as political and economic uncertainties will require making their supply chains much more resilient. With all of the changes and uncertainty, companies in a wide range of industries – from autos and chemicals to electronics and appliances – are moving quickly to rethink supply chains and make them more resilient. Most U.S. MORE
supply chain is generally recognized as an integral part of the American economy. From Intel’s semiconductors to Microsoft’s enterprise software, the supply chain builds the goods and services that businesses need. supply chain economy, quantified the number and quality of jobs it contains, or assessed how much it matters for innovation. supply chain economy is large and distinct. The Importance of Supply Chain Services. MORE
Beyond the devastating and saddening human costs, the earthquake in Japan is another reminder of the complexity of the world's supply chains and the great interdependencies in global production systems. The world's supply chains are complex and highly optimized to deliver products efficiently at the lowest cost. Shocks like this ripple through the chain, and test the robustness of their design. Global business Supply chain MORE
Professor Mahender Singh, research director of the MIT Supply Chain 2020 project, says our current health care system is not designed for the profoundly altered demand patterns that are expected and supply chains will have to be reinvented. MORE
We know that we are somehow complicit in the moral chain that links our cheap clothes with collapsing factories, but we feel powerless to respond. So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. In telecommunications and information technology, experts are waking up to the need for full "chains of custody" for components because of the threat of malicious " hardware Trojan horses." MORE
In the years to follow, Walter enrolled in supply management courses at some of the best universities. Leadership does not begin the when you step upon the first rung of the management ladder. One direct report does not make you a leader; nor does ten. MORE
Do we, as general consumers, really focus on, or give any thought at all, to the whole supply chain that eventually led to that product making it to our shopping trollies? But it goes to show you how important our supply chain actually is. A focus on our supply chains ! MORE
The company would have to find a way to support the victims and their families and to tighten up oversight of its supply chain. Supply chain Crisis management Social responsibility Emerging markets Article MORE
Supply Chain Management spans all movement and storage of materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.' Supply chain management;EconomistReviewed by David Stephens FCMI. You are not watching this post, click to start watching. MORE
For Work Management and Supply Chain leaders, areas of potential savings lie with: optimizing inventory levels while reducing associated carrying costs, minimizing or eliminating expediting costs, and. MORE
where one of us is Vice President Supply Chain, suggests this “magic” can be repeatable. In 2010, Coty was rapidly expanding through acquisitions and internal growth and needed to align, integrate, and further accelerate improvements in its supply chain. MORE
How to Leverage SRM For Supply Chain Resiliency. by TAKE Supply Chain. Click here for more information on How to Leverage SRM For Supply Chain Resiliency. You just finished reading Complimentary Resource - How to Leverage SRM For Supply Chain Resiliency ! MORE
According to estimates by supply chain management organizations, the global supply chain market is worth more than $10 trillion a year. Here’s how to execute a great supply chain strategy without getting tied up in knots. MORE
For Work Management and Supply Chain leaders, areas of potential savings lie with: optimizing inventory levels while reducing associated carrying costs, minimizing or eliminating expediting costs, and. MORE
My evidence is a series of separate surveys conducted by different organizations, including the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation. Global companies have realized in the last few years that strategies such as outsourcing and off-shoring have significantly increased risk because their supply chain is geographically more diverse and, as a result, exposed to all sorts of potential problems. Operations Operations management Supply chain Economy Article MORE
Companies are always shocked when low-probability events such as an earthquake or a tsunami disrupt their supply chains — as has happened after the tragic events in Japan two weeks ago — because of two fallacies. The other is the persistent feeling that supply chains represent a cost. Most companies focus on minimizing costs rather than maximizing flexibility, which would entail making large investments in supply chains. Locking up supplies. MORE
The growth of the Asia region has resulted in major shifts in customer demand, and executives want to know how they should restructure their production and distribution networks, how much logistics outsourcing is necessary, and what new innovations are required to further develop logistics capabilities so that they can navigate the region's increasingly complex supply chain systems, and succeed in Asia. MORE
And, when political turmoil in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere in the Mideast erupted, many businesses could only watch and wait to learn what it would mean for their supply chains. This is especially true in supply chain risk management, although those high-profile one-off events do not necessarily represent the largest portion of risks that should be addressed regularly by supply chain managers. MORE
And… Supply Chain Management blockchain supply chain managementAt this time of the year, trends, forecasts and innovations that are driving the technology industry forward are often summarized, and an outlook for the New Year is given. MORE
A big challenge in today’s world of far-flung, complex supply chains is the limited understanding of the impact on your operations of unexpected disruption at one supplier’s site. For example, as inventory levels change in the supply chain, the risk exposure changes. MORE
Tactical Execution business management inventory management strategydriven supply chain management warehouse managementProper inventory management is one of the keys to keeping your business running smoothly and remaining profitable. MORE
She’s just your ‘average’ 20-something creating an international supply chain in the fashion industry, and succeeding. Posted in Community Involvement Light Your World [link] Marcelia Muehlke, one of the great young entrepreneurs I get to hang out with. MORE
These shifts will have important implications for the supply chain and profitability of U.S.-based This reduces the supply of dollars, makes them more difficult to get, and pushes up their relative value. They include improving cost management or operational effectiveness in procurement, supply chain, and inventory management. Companies can monitor a wide range of signposts and map them to possible strategic moves with their supply chains. MORE
High tech companies operate in a complex supply chain environment where rapid product life cycles and narrow margins put constant pressure on market share and financial performance. In this HBR webinar, Dr. Yossi Sheffi , director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics at MIT, discusses the high tech supply chain, the impact of globalization and particularly of emerging markets, and the growth of logistics clusters to deliver value and drive new revenues. MORE
Here’s an excerpt from article written by Jamie Campbell, Kenny Kurtzman, and Adam Michaels for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article, check out the free resources, sign up for email updates, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Start by choosing the metrics that matter most [.]. MORE
technology companies — that use China as a source of assembly, semi-manufactures or components have an additional vulnerability: their value chain. There are many ways to apply informal pressure along the value chain from delaying delivery to the easing of quality standards. MORE
Technology Supply chain AudioKarim Lakhani, Harvard Business School professor and co-founder of the HBS Digital Initiative, discusses blockchain, an online record-keeping technology that many believe will revolutionize commerce. Lakhani breaks down how the technology behind bitcoin works and talks about the industries and companies that could see new growth opportunities or lose business. MORE
Part of this story relates to the provenance, or origins, of its products: Chains that provide more upmarket “fast casual” dining such as Panera, Chipotle, and Shake Shack have brands that speak of freshness, health, and trustworthy sourcing. MORE
When an E.coli outbreak at Chipotle Mexican Grill outlets left 55 customers ill , in 2015, the news stories, shutdowns, and investigations shattered the restaurant chain’s reputation. At the heart of the Denver-based company’s crisis was the ever-present problem faced by companies that depend on multiple suppliers to deliver parts and ingredients: a lack of transparency and accountability across complex supply chains. MORE
Bob's blog entries Andy Smith Building the supply chain of the future Dan Ariely on irrationality in the workplace Dan Singer Have you tested your strategy lately? In case you missed them, these articles have been most popular with the McKinsey Quarterly‘s readers in the first quarter of this year. STRATEGY Have you tested your strategy lately? Ten timeless tests can help you kick the tires on your strategy, and kick up the level of strategic dialogue throughout your company. MORE
She''s just your ''average'' 20- something creating an international supply chain in the fashion industry, and succeeding. That lack of options means little competition which is tempting but also gave me pause – was it possible to build the kind of supply chain I was imagining? MORE
Supply chain management is sometimes considered as a posh name for logistics, but it does entail much more than making sure that products are delivered from Point A to B. Having an effective supply chain management system in place will reduce idle times in your business. MORE
Countless companies have reconfigured their supply chains to reflect the latest strategy, only to discover that committing to these "best practices" exposed them to unexpected risks later. MORE
Supply Chain Related Topics 
Strategy Driven
MARCH 9, 2018
Supply chain management is sometimes considered as a posh name for logistics, but it does entail much more than making sure that products are delivered from Point A to B. Having an effective supply chain management system in place will reduce idle times in your business.
Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 1, 2018
And… Supply Chain Management blockchain supply chain managementAt this time of the year, trends, forecasts and innovations that are driving the technology industry forward are often summarized, and an outlook for the New Year is given.
Mills Scofield
APRIL 20, 2013
She''s just your ''average'' 20- something creating an international supply chain in the fashion industry, and succeeding. That lack of options means little competition which is tempting but also gave me pause – was it possible to build the kind of supply chain I was imagining?
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 24, 2017
According to estimates by supply chain management organizations, the global supply chain market is worth more than $10 trillion a year. Here’s how to execute a great supply chain strategy without getting tied up in knots.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 18, 2013
She’s just your ‘average’ 20-something creating an international supply chain in the fashion industry, and succeeding. Posted in Community Involvement Light Your World [link] Marcelia Muehlke, one of the great young entrepreneurs I get to hang out with.
Strategy Driven
JANUARY 26, 2014
How to Leverage SRM For Supply Chain Resiliency. by TAKE Supply Chain. Click here for more information on How to Leverage SRM For Supply Chain Resiliency. You just finished reading Complimentary Resource - How to Leverage SRM For Supply Chain Resiliency !
Strategy Driven
APRIL 1, 2016
Do we, as general consumers, really focus on, or give any thought at all, to the whole supply chain that eventually led to that product making it to our shopping trollies? But it goes to show you how important our supply chain actually is. A focus on our supply chains !
Chartered Management Institute
JANUARY 17, 2010
Supply Chain Management spans all movement and storage of materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.' Supply chain management;EconomistReviewed by David Stephens FCMI. You are not watching this post, click to start watching.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Tactical Execution business management inventory management strategydriven supply chain management warehouse managementProper inventory management is one of the keys to keeping your business running smoothly and remaining profitable.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 22, 2016
A new type of services company could transform global supply chains: Financial technology companies that act as intermediaries in facilitating transactions between a company and its suppliers. Traditionally, supply chain management has been about sourcing, making, and delivering.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 15, 2018
The supply chain is the heart of a company’s operations. To make the best decisions, managers need access to real-time data about their supply chain, but the limitations of legacy technologies can thwart the goal of end-to-end transparency. New digital technologies that have the potential to take over supply chain management entirely are disrupting traditional ways of working. Technology Competitive strategy Supply chain Digital Article
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Among the recommendations we offer, one in particular is salient to businesses: supply-chain reform. So how can firms like yours get ahead of the curve and encourage reform across their own supply chain before they face activist pressure? Image Source/Getty Images.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 10, 2018
Companies are cutting supply chain complexity and accelerating responsiveness using the tools of artificial intelligence. What does that mean for the supply chain workforce? Now is the time to identify exceptional talent by looking outside of the supply chain.
In the CEO Afterlife
OCTOBER 18, 2015
In the years to follow, Walter enrolled in supply management courses at some of the best universities. Leadership does not begin the when you step upon the first rung of the management ladder. One direct report does not make you a leader; nor does ten.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?”
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 22, 2015
For Work Management and Supply Chain leaders, areas of potential savings lie with: optimizing inventory levels while reducing associated carrying costs, minimizing or eliminating expediting costs, and.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 19, 2016
where one of us is Vice President Supply Chain, suggests this “magic” can be repeatable. In 2010, Coty was rapidly expanding through acquisitions and internal growth and needed to align, integrate, and further accelerate improvements in its supply chain.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 22, 2017
It’s time for them to rethink their supply-chain strategies. Adjusting to new economic realities as well as political and economic uncertainties will require making their supply chains much more resilient. With all of the changes and uncertainty, companies in a wide range of industries – from autos and chemicals to electronics and appliances – are moving quickly to rethink supply chains and make them more resilient. Most U.S.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 9, 2015
A big challenge in today’s world of far-flung, complex supply chains is the limited understanding of the impact on your operations of unexpected disruption at one supplier’s site. For example, as inventory levels change in the supply chain, the risk exposure changes.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 22, 2015
Either accept it (and its higher costs and lower profits) or take control of your fate with strategic, game-changing actions that cut time and costs from the supply chain. The impact on supply chains. The longer your supply chain is, the greater the risk of variability.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 30, 2017
These shifts will have important implications for the supply chain and profitability of U.S.-based This reduces the supply of dollars, makes them more difficult to get, and pushes up their relative value. They include improving cost management or operational effectiveness in procurement, supply chain, and inventory management. Companies can monitor a wide range of signposts and map them to possible strategic moves with their supply chains.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
Part of this story relates to the provenance, or origins, of its products: Chains that provide more upmarket “fast casual” dining such as Panera, Chipotle, and Shake Shack have brands that speak of freshness, health, and trustworthy sourcing.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
The company would have to find a way to support the victims and their families and to tighten up oversight of its supply chain. Supply chain Crisis management Social responsibility Emerging markets Article
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 9, 2018
supply chain is generally recognized as an integral part of the American economy. From Intel’s semiconductors to Microsoft’s enterprise software, the supply chain builds the goods and services that businesses need. supply chain economy, quantified the number and quality of jobs it contains, or assessed how much it matters for innovation. supply chain economy is large and distinct. The Importance of Supply Chain Services.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 23, 2011
Beyond the devastating and saddening human costs, the earthquake in Japan is another reminder of the complexity of the world's supply chains and the great interdependencies in global production systems. The world's supply chains are complex and highly optimized to deliver products efficiently at the lowest cost. Shocks like this ripple through the chain, and test the robustness of their design. Global business Supply chain
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
My evidence is a series of separate surveys conducted by different organizations, including the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation. Global companies have realized in the last few years that strategies such as outsourcing and off-shoring have significantly increased risk because their supply chain is geographically more diverse and, as a result, exposed to all sorts of potential problems. Operations Operations management Supply chain Economy Article
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 13, 2017
When an E.coli outbreak at Chipotle Mexican Grill outlets left 55 customers ill , in 2015, the news stories, shutdowns, and investigations shattered the restaurant chain’s reputation. At the heart of the Denver-based company’s crisis was the ever-present problem faced by companies that depend on multiple suppliers to deliver parts and ingredients: a lack of transparency and accountability across complex supply chains.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 9, 2011
Professor Mahender Singh, research director of the MIT Supply Chain 2020 project, says our current health care system is not designed for the profoundly altered demand patterns that are expected and supply chains will have to be reinvented.
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 1, 2011
Bob's blog entries Andy Smith Building the supply chain of the future Dan Ariely on irrationality in the workplace Dan Singer Have you tested your strategy lately? In case you missed them, these articles have been most popular with the McKinsey Quarterly‘s readers in the first quarter of this year. STRATEGY Have you tested your strategy lately? Ten timeless tests can help you kick the tires on your strategy, and kick up the level of strategic dialogue throughout your company.
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 19, 2011
Here’s an excerpt from article written by Jamie Campbell, Kenny Kurtzman, and Adam Michaels for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete article, check out the free resources, sign up for email updates, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Start by choosing the metrics that matter most [.].
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 8, 2011
Countless companies have reconfigured their supply chains to reflect the latest strategy, only to discover that committing to these "best practices" exposed them to unexpected risks later.
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. If we can forecast a superstorm, we should be able to predict events that could disrupt supply chains and mitigate their impact. The resilience of supply chains should be continuously improved.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 9, 2012
And, when political turmoil in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere in the Mideast erupted, many businesses could only watch and wait to learn what it would mean for their supply chains. This is especially true in supply chain risk management, although those high-profile one-off events do not necessarily represent the largest portion of risks that should be addressed regularly by supply chain managers.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 1, 2011
There are three reasons why CEOs should be tapping their Head of Supply Chain to unlock these benefits, not their Head of Sustainability. While getting accurate, timely carbon data from your own operations can be tough, gathering data from outside your four walls is a far greater challenge given the complexity and scale of most supply chains, and there's no well-defined way today to navigate it.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 28, 2011
Companies are always shocked when low-probability events such as an earthquake or a tsunami disrupt their supply chains — as has happened after the tragic events in Japan two weeks ago — because of two fallacies. The other is the persistent feeling that supply chains represent a cost. Most companies focus on minimizing costs rather than maximizing flexibility, which would entail making large investments in supply chains. Locking up supplies.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
The growth of the Asia region has resulted in major shifts in customer demand, and executives want to know how they should restructure their production and distribution networks, how much logistics outsourcing is necessary, and what new innovations are required to further develop logistics capabilities so that they can navigate the region's increasingly complex supply chain systems, and succeed in Asia.
Lead Change Blog
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
The following excerpt is from the Introduction of Total Value Optimization: Transforming Your Global Supply Chain Into a Competitive Weapon by Steven J. Your supply chain is the backbone of your company. Like a backbone, your supply chain is a complex mechanism.
Change Starts Here
APRIL 11, 2017
For example, consider a project designed to improve inventory accuracy, which is driven by the supply chain function, but requires adoption by people in operations who will use the system. Change implementation often crosses functional lines in organizations.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 13, 2012
High tech companies operate in a complex supply chain environment where rapid product life cycles and narrow margins put constant pressure on market share and financial performance. In this HBR webinar, Dr. Yossi Sheffi , director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics at MIT, discusses the high tech supply chain, the impact of globalization and particularly of emerging markets, and the growth of logistics clusters to deliver value and drive new revenues.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 2, 2013
We know that we are somehow complicit in the moral chain that links our cheap clothes with collapsing factories, but we feel powerless to respond. So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. In telecommunications and information technology, experts are waking up to the need for full "chains of custody" for components because of the threat of malicious " hardware Trojan horses."
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 28, 2013
Here in the Guardian , two business professors offer a practical solution to all three problems using developing nations’ supply chains. The consumer-goods supply chain typically moves from large Western or indigenous manufacturers to distributors to wholesalers to family-owned shops and finally to micro-retailers selling from carts or by the roadside.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 18, 2018
technology companies — that use China as a source of assembly, semi-manufactures or components have an additional vulnerability: their value chain. There are many ways to apply informal pressure along the value chain from delaying delivery to the easing of quality standards.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 15, 2017
Technology Supply chain AudioKarim Lakhani, Harvard Business School professor and co-founder of the HBS Digital Initiative, discusses blockchain, an online record-keeping technology that many believe will revolutionize commerce. Lakhani breaks down how the technology behind bitcoin works and talks about the industries and companies that could see new growth opportunities or lose business.
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