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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....

Supply chain: cracking down on the bullwhip effect

February 16, 2022 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Olov H. D. Isaksson in Supply Chain • 5 min read

The bullwhip has captured headlines during the pandemic, but the problem has been wreaking havoc on supply chains for decades. Traditional strategies to crack the bullwhip have largely failed. Now, a new...

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...

Missing links: what next for global supply chains?

December 28, 2021 in Supply Chain • 5 min read

Covid-19 has disrupted global supply chains but not changed their fundamental form. New technologies, continuing geo-political tensions and climate change point to companies in many industries having to plan for more radical...

Supply Chain Q&A: Living with change

December 17, 2021 in Supply Chain • 4 min read

With COVID-19 and fallout from the US-China trade war, global supply chain managers have had much on their plates recently. Next up: coping with climate change and integrating Africa, says Mark Slade,...

Why sustainability targets feel close to mission impossible – and what COOs can do

November 25, 2021 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply Chain • 6 min read

Influencing suppliers, complying with regulations and sourcing raw materials has become a bureaucratic and logistical nightmare for chief operating officers....

Supply chains aren’t broken, it’s more a question of demand

November 17, 2021 • by Richard Markoff, Ralf W. Seifert in Supply Chain • 3 min read

Mainstream news reports are full of claims that supply chains are broken, citing widespread product shortages, overflowing ports and spiking freight costs. But perhaps there is another way to understand what is...

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Material advantage: How circular strategies drive business value