The latest recession has gotten a profound impact on many supply chains and forced rethinking strategies . In a quest to reducing costs, many have diminished safety buffers, established lean thinking, and redesigned their flows. In that process they have made themselves more vulnerable to variance, while...
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 communication ones. Both satellites burst in pieces...
At the end of May I had the privilege to participate in AMRResearch’s Supply Chain conference. During the plenary session several presenters spoke about how they were improving their supply chains, and to my great astonishment, all spoke about the need to improve visibility up and down the eco-system...