The end of ‘made in China’? Five ways to cut supply chain risks  

Baby formula crisis in the US: myopic production planning 

9 June 2022 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Anna Timonina-Farkas, Richard Markoff in Supply chain • 6 min read

The United States is deep in the throes of a nationwide baby formula shortage. Myopic production planning magnified by the absence of safety stocks are only two pieces of the puzzle at...

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Omega x Swatch MoonSwatch: the challenges of success

26 May 2022 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Anna Timonina-Farkas, Richard Markoff in Supply chain • 4 min read

Swatch has a smash hit with its latest product, the MoonSwatch. But the newest supply chain choke point is making it difficult to react and harvest the benefits of the launch...

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Disease and war triggers onshoring of supply chains

21 April 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 6 min read

As geopolitical tensions flair, multinational companies are bringing production closer to home to boost supply. ...

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Agile pricing will help firms profit from supply chain constraints 

14 April 2022 • by Carlos Cordon, Stefan Michel in Supply chain • 5 min read

An inability to change prices more frequently is the source of a huge missed opportunity when supply is limited. ...

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‘A supply chain is as strong as its weakest link’

14 April 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 6 min read

As we move towards a world of more constrained supply, companies will have to shift their focus to designing products and services around what is available and working more closely with suppliers...

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Taking stock: a history of supply chain innovations

8 April 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 7 min read

Tetra Pak’s former head of Supply Chain Operations Eric Baudier discusses the highs and lows of supply chain management. ...

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How best to design the virtual architecture of startups?

31 March 2022 • by Jerry Davis in Supply chain • 9 min read

Today’s enterprises require a very different set of raw materials from the manufacturing giants of the 20th century....

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Dangerous products recalled faster when women are on the board

24 March 2022 • by Corinne Post, Kaitlin Wowak, George Ball, David J. Jr Ketchen in Supply chain • 6 min read

Pharmaceutical products with the most serious defects are recalled 28 days sooner with women in the boardroom, research shows....

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Firms will need the tools to test every link in supply chain

23 March 2022 • by Vivek Ramachandran in Supply chain • 6 min read

Over the next decade, one of the most disruptive changes facing companies will be the need to take responsibility for every business in their supply chain, Vivek Ramachandran, CEO of Hong Kong-based...

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Negotiation is a relationship not a transaction

23 March 2022 • by George Kohlrieser in Supply chain • 5 min read

Respect and empathy for the person sitting on the other side of the table is key if a negotiation is to be a success. ...

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