August 2020
Building supply-chain resilience
At a time when cost control is critical, a reimagination of supply chains can deliver the resilience and efficiency business needs for the next normal—if leaders make smart investments to minimize costly disruptions before they occur.
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Risk, resilience, and rebalancing in global value chains
Companies need an understanding of their exposure, vulnerabilities, and potential losses to inform resilience strategies.
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Reimagining industrial supply chains
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For organizations that understand the vulnerabilities in industrial supply chains, there is an opportunity to prepare for future...
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How retail can adapt supply chains to win in the next normal
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Retailers in consumer discretionary categories were already struggling in the US before COVID-19. Better supply-chain management...
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Why now is the time to stress-test your industrial supply chain
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An effective way to increase supply-chain resilience is to understand the impact a crisis could have, well before it happens.
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Heavy industry’s digital transformation: Vision, diagnostic, and roadmap
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At the very start of their digital journey, heavy-industry players should determine three things: where they are now, where they...
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Resetting supply chains for the next normal
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The coronavirus pandemic’s unprecedented tests are inspiring companies to consider bold moves in rebuilding their supply...
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Launching the journey to autonomous supply chain planning
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For many companies, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided the impetus—and a uniquely apt moment—for transitioning toward...
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A resilient return for Asia’s manufacturing and supply chains?
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Asia shows an early glimpse of how manufacturing and supply-chain leaders are responding to disruption caused by the pandemic....
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Reimagining industrial operations
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Through innovation, advanced analytics, digitization, electrification, and process efficiencies, carbon-intensive operations...
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Is your supply chain risk blind—or risk resilient?
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Operational risk to supply chains has been growing over the last several years—compounded by the ongoing impact from COVID-19....
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Jump-starting resilient and reimagined operations
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COVID-19 has created an imperative for companies to reconfigure their operations, and an opportunity to transform them.
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Digital collaboration for a connected manufacturing workforce
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Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies provide crucial support for factory workers to collaborate effectively—an even...
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Managing a manufacturing plant through the coronavirus crisis
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Manufacturers can follow three guiding principles to keep their workers safe while preparing for increased uncertainty and long-lasting...
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Preparing for the next normal via digital manufacturing’s scaling potential
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Achieving digital at scale can give European manufacturing the resilience and flexibility it will need to speed its recovery...
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Coronavirus and technology supply chains: How to restart and rebuild
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As COVID-19-related restrictions begin to lift in Asia, how can organizations resolve supply-chain issues at pace?
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Supply-chain recovery in coronavirus times—plan for now and the future
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Actions taken now to mitigate impacts on supply chains from coronavirus can also build resilience against future shocks.
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Improving warehouse operations—digitally
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A digital twin lets companies design, simulate, and test new warehouse operations and product movements virtually, before starting...
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Resilience in transport and logistics
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The transportation-and-logistics sector is especially susceptible to economic shocks. Here’s how to prepare your operations...
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Supply chain risk management is back
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The world is getting riskier—and the most advanced supply-chain leaders are getting smarter about risk. Is your supply...