Hurricane Milton has blown through Florida. In addition to continuing havoc since it occurred close behind Hurricane Helene, it has created further supply chain disruptions that will have ripples throughout the globe.
All it takes is a month on the ropes to potentially crash your business, Lisa Anderson warns in this article for Inc.
In this episode of Supply Chain Chats, Lisa Anderson talks about the extreme vulnerabilities emerging in the global supply chain. From the war in the Middle East with exploding pagers highlighting the vulnerabilities of the global supply chain to Hurricane Helene’s devastation [...]
Hundreds of pagers used by Iran-backed Hezbollah exploded in Lebanon and Syria. It appears to be a part of a plan of sophisticated, deadly attacks that targeted specific people, leaving 12 dead and thousands injured.
If you are dependent on any region, non-friendly country, customer, supplier, material, or anything noteworthy to your success, you must diversify. Although this concept has always been true, the pandemic highlighted the critical importance. Some companies simply lost their source of supply overnight and have not recovered if not diversified.
Manufacturers should work to reduce materials, energy consumption, and inefficiencies to improve their carbon footprint and achieve the triple bottom line.
The White House has launched a cabinet-level supply chain council as the criticality of the topic rises to the top.
The awareness of the importance of international supply chains has grown in recent years, not just among the business fraternity, but more widely in the media, among politicians and ordinary citizens as well.
Improved supplier data will give your supply chain the competitive advantage to drive customer loyalty.
Since the pandemic, it has been a constant battle to ensure material availability, let alone to proactively manage cost and service. Even the most proactive and successful clients have experienced brief shortages of key materials and extended lead-times. The rest have been plagued with these issues.
