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Managing risks and relationships: how to make your supply chain more resilient to shocks

March 18, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 6 min read

Supply chain management should be more than just directing the flow of goods....

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What now for supply chains? Inflation, e-commerce and over-stocking are all driving change

March 17, 2022 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff in Supply chain • 5 min read

Economic growth is being driven in part by supply chain dynamics. The confluences of forces might bring about a new paradigm in supply chain inventory management and perception of excellence, say Ralf...

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How Toyota’s approach to making cars can aid vaccine production in Africa

March 15, 2022 • by Hamieda Parker in Supply chain • 5 min read

As African countries seek to ramp up production of COVID-19 vaccines, they are running into several obstacles including supply chain and quality control issues. Could Lean Thinking, a manufacturing ethos developed in...

Panic buying will worsen supply chain disruption from the war in Ukraine

March 8, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 4 min read

Responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by overstocking and double-ordering supplies risks creating unnecessary disruption, says Professor Carlos Cordon....

Supply chain mind map: try our tool to help make critical decisions

March 7, 2022 • by Martijn Lofvers, Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 2 min read

Are you overwhelmed by supply chain problems? Martijn Lofvers and Carlos Cordon have created a detailed visual guide will help you manage your way out of a crisis....

Learning from the locals: How to innovate in China

March 7, 2022 • by Erik Walenza-Slabe, Yunfei Feng, Mark J. Greeven in Supply chain • 8 min read

By engaging with local start-ups that understand customers’ pain points, Western multinationals can provide innovative products and services for the Chinese market....

Avrora CEO Taras Panasenko stands in front of one of his stores in January 2022

Running a business in Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion

March 2, 2022 in Supply chain • 4 min read

Taras Panasenko, IMD EMBA candidate and CEO of Ukrainian discount store chain Avrora, describes how he and his team are keeping shops open to provide citizens with essential supplies....

Time to safeguard supply chains against China’s zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19

February 17, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 5 min read

Restrictions and lockdowns herald even worse disruption for 2022. Multinationals should rethink operations to deal with disruption to manufacturing capacity....

IBM’s stalled ambitions with Watson show AI isn’t elementary, but can work when focused

January 28, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon, Amin Kaboli in Supply chain • 3 min read

Contextual variability can be a roadblock to successful use of artificial intelligence, say Carlos Cordon and Amin Kaboli....

Tesla supply chain: from cautionary tale to role model

January 27, 2022 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff in Supply chain • 5 min read

Tesla’s full-year results show that it has navigated the supply chain challenges and chip shortages that have frozen the rest of the auto industry. This is a far cry from the electric...

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