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The supply chains structure. The strategic requirements of your organisation’s supply chains are first, to gain an understanding of the supply markets that your supply chains rely on and second, use planning and scheduling systems that enable your supply chains to be responsive to your customers’ needs. How the organisation is structured to achieve these strategic requirements is an internal … Read More

Improving supply chains. For professionals to improve their supply chains, the main challenges have been identified in a questionnaire study as ‘resistance to change’ and ‘retention of talent’. eft, the logistics research and events company has noted in its Supply Chain report 2018 that “If logistics service providers (LSPs), manufacturers and retailers all state that resistance to change is their … Read More

Increasing tariffs on goods. International Trade is in the headlines, with dire warnings concerning increased import tariffs, leading to rising protectionism and a slowing of world trade. But, in making the forecasts, commentators may not always understand how global supply chains actually work. Globalisation, International Trade and International Business are terms commonly used when discussing trade in goods and services … Read More

Future changes to your supply chains. Moving an organisation to operating as Digital Supply Chains (DSC) is a long journey and one that will require considerable effort (and some luck) for CEOs to gain the support of all who can exert influence on decisions. The long journey is highlighted by an excerpt from an article written 19 years ago – … Read More