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Pandemic Prepared! 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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From this discussion, we compiled a list of 8 critical supply chain management activities that to improve, build, and maintain supply chain resilience now and in the years to come. But building an agile, resilient supply chain doesn’t happen overnight; it requires forethought and planning.

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8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience for Manufacturers in a Post-Covid World

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Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. Having already done the work to build resilience into its supply chain strategy, Navistar’s procurement organization was better prepared than most to weather the Covid-19 crisis.

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Ivalua Launches Innovations to Improve Supply Chain Resilience and Employee Productivity

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Customers can now ensure greater supply chain resilience through improved supplier discovery and collaboration, increase efficiency across each step of the source-to-pay process and better understand and optimize cost drivers for goods and services purchased. About Ivalua. Learn more at www.ivalua.com. Media Contact.

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What is supply chain resiliency?

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For years, supply chain professionals have measured success by how well they have been able to drive down costs and drive up efficiency. Then, 2020 sent shockwaves through many JIT strategies; the disruption was just too big to absorb and supply chain ecosystems had not been built to flex.

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What are the best Supply Chain Strategies for 2021

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Supply Chain Strategies: What the Pandemic Has Taught Us So Far? At the time, this article is being drafted, COVID-19 Cases have topped 59M, underscoring how much the world has endured in 2020. Many nations are now facing the prospect of new lockdowns which will undoubtedly further impact global supply chains. .

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The Rise of Women in Supply Chain: Career Choice

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In recent years, there has been a significant shift in the supply chain industry as more and more women are choosing careers in this traditionally male-dominated field. This rise of women in the supply chain is not only breaking gender barriers but also bringing a fresh perspective and new ideas to the table.

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10 Key Issues The Hackett Group Says Will Impact Supply Chain Transformation in 2021

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Supply Chain Transformation is ongoing but never more important than in 2021. Despite the initial capital investments, these technologies are driving efficiencies that ultimately lead to cost reduction. What Will Impact Procurement Processes in 2021? This was due in large part to the way they were designed. “The