Most businesses would be thrilled to report a growth rate of ten per cent – particularly in the current economic environment. But
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Given the wide diversity of supply chain risk that most companies are exposed to, shouldn’t we be thinking about just who in the organisation should be responsible for keeping tabs on it?
How should exposure to risk be apportioned in the highly complex supply chains of aircraft manufacturing? Demand for new jet airliners is booming…
Have you sat down recently and calculated what disruptions to your supply chain might be costing you? And not just the direct cost, but the impact in terms of lost sales and damaged reputations?
Deficiencies in the physical movement of goods are a greater deterrent to trade growth than institutional trade barriers, according to the World Economic Forum’s Council on logistics and supply chain. The Forum, of course, is best known for its star-stud
One very obvious effect of the recession that struck in 2008-9 was the way in which companies quickly destocked – driving down inventory to become leaner and more agile to face the challenges ahead…
The logistics gap between high and low income countries is wide and efforts to narrow it appear to have stalled, according to the World Bank
I’ve heard it said that Apple knows more about what is going on in its competitors’ supply chains than the competitors do themselves. Just hyperbole? Probably. What is true is that Apple has come out top in the Gartner Top 25 supply chain listing
Space trucking became a reality at 3.44am this morning when the SpaceX Dragon freight capsule was launched into space from Cape Canaveral in Florida
Supply chain risk issues are still causing concern in the US IT industry, according to a new study by BDO, the accounting and consulting organisation. In fact, the concerns have increased in each of the past three years
