Supply Chain Management Blog : Simulation

The Dead of the (traditional) Supply Chain

christianverstraete — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:50:00 GMT

Early March, Industry Week published an article, titled " The Dead of the Supply Chain ", arguing that the supply chain as it has traditionally been defined is no longer feasible. Gone are the days when supply chains were linear, static, in...(read more)

Can companies learn from space & submarine collisions?

christianverstraete — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:55:00 GMT

A couple weeks ago I got my attention drawn to two different events that happened at one week's interval. The first was about the collision of two satellites in space. Indeed, an obsolete Russian military satellite crashed into one of Iridium's...(read more)

Supply Chain, Crisis, Volatility, Resilience and Others

christianverstraete — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:50:00 GMT

Last week I was fortunate to listen to the inauguration webcast of SCMWorld.org , a website devoted to sharing supply chain experience. The approach taken is actually quite interesting as it combines a 90 minute webinar with a two to three day forum discussion...(read more)

Developing Supply Chain Sustainability

christianverstraete — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:58:00 GMT

In a previous post , I discussed uncertainty and illustrated it by highlighting the volatility on the Dow Jones . I was reminded of this when I ran into a document PriceWaterhouseCoopers , the accounting firm, released last December. It was titled "...(read more)