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Supply Chain Management trends in 2021 to take us to infinity and beyond

3 March 2021
Categories: General, Marketing, Supply Chain

The number one factor to impact, well anything, in 2020 was of course COVID-19. Supply chains were not spared. International trade ground to a halt with the volume of Global trade in May of last year down by 17.7% compared to the same month in 2019, economies crumbled and global GDP for 2020 contracted by an estimated 4.3% and Supply Chain Managers were throwing their demand forecasts out the window. The global pandemic has both battered the supply chain industry and at the same time brought to the fore how vital it…

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The relationship between, and the importance of, a Value Chain; a Supply Chain and Supply Chain Management.

22 June 2020
Categories: COVID-19 / Coronavirus / Lockdown, General, Supply Chain

By Dr Myles Wakeham and Annie Beckerling The recent outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of Supply Chain Management (SCM), as a sudden increase in demand for certain products and a complete standstill in demand for others has left many suppliers reeling. However the man in the street can still find it difficult to distinguishing the features that contrast a value chain, a supply chain and finally supply chain management (SCM).. Although there is a strong relation amongst these three activities, there are key differences that make them stand apart from one another.

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Coronavirus and the end of the global supply chain

28 April 2020
Categories: COVID-19 / Coronavirus / Lockdown, Export Management, Supply Chain

Coffee illustrates how complex supply chains have become ©MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images Posted by Paul Simpson Coronavirus has shown how fragile our cost-driven, just-in-time processes really are. With practitioners adapting to survive while planning more resilient systems for the future, will procurement ever be the same? When the first container ship arriving from China at the port of Vancouver was cancelled in January this year, it didn’t seem particularly significant. By mid-March, when China’s struggle with Covid-19, aka coronavirus, had become so all-consuming that 30 more journeys had been cancelled, Vancouver’s port officials were facing a crisis of historic magnitude.

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Supply chains have been changed, possibly forever

20 April 2020
Categories: COVID-19 / Coronavirus / Lockdown, Newsletters

The competition is no longer between brands or even between companies; it is between supply chains (networks). Supply chains in the time of coronavirus have changed, possibly forever. MARZIA STORPIOLI reports. Supply chain management has been likened to a philosophy, a concept rather than an essential service. Historically, companies relied on strong brands and good products to win over the consumer. Competitive advantage was gained by the organisation based on the strength of its brands and its reputation for quality products. But as the COVID-19 pandemic continues its inexorable march across the globe, supply chain management is no longer…

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Supply Chain Management during the COVID-19 pandemic

1 April 2020
Categories: COVID-19 / Coronavirus / Lockdown, Export Management, General, Supply Chain

The COVID-19 virus has brought humanity, as we have come to know it, to its knees. Where kindness, sharing and caring once prevailed, now self-preservation reigns in shopping malls throughout the world as the “have’s” stockpile their larders with vitals at the expense of the poor, the needy, the aged and the sick. Shopping trolleys are filled to the brim not because there is a dire and urgent need to satisfy physiological needs but rather the wanton greed to plunder shopping shelves without giving any consideration for the shoppers in the queues behind them.  Imagine if the world did not…

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Green Logistics – It’s the Same Idea, Just A Cleaner Method

12 February 2020
Categories: General

Estimated Reading Time – 3.5 Minutes It’s time to face the truth – if we don’t take better care of our planet, it won’t take care of us for much longer. Global warming is no longer ‘the next generation’s problem’ – it’s happening now, and we need to stop it before it’s too late. Logistics has been one of the biggest waste-producing industry out there. According to a report, the transport industry is on the list of top 5 sectors that produce the most human-induced pollution. Overall, the road transport sector produces an estimated 72 percent of the logistics…

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Outsourcing – The New Link in Supply Chain Management

13 December 2019
Categories: General

Life as we know it depends on it. Getting our food and water, clothes and medicine from supplier to consumer rely on it. Successful supply chain management is vital for the success of most businesses because it ensures customers get what they want when they want it. But supply chain management is not just about the movement of resources from point A to Point B. There’s a lot more to it. Supply chain management, when done right, boosts customer service and overall satisfaction by making sure that the right product is delivered to the right person – on time…

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