Planning and Uncertainty In response to supply chain uncertainties, articles and podcasts have advised businesses about actions to take. Popular advice is to expand the network of suppliers, source items from suppliers located geographically closer and accelerate the implementation of automation. An action that is rarely mentioned is to improve the planning and scheduling process within a business. Planning at … Read More
Tariff impost requires Supply Chain analysis of effects
Uncertainty from levies on imports The media is providing a lot of commentary concerning the political and economic implications from the American imposition of additional tariffs on imported goods, but what could be the effect on supply chains? Imposts charged by governments on imports are a consumption tax paid by the importer and passed on through Nodes in the supply … Read More
A Supply Chains model to meet your business objectives
Supply Chain models While it is commendable when complexity is removed from an organisation’s supply chains operations and its core supply chains, consideration must be given to the supply chains model that the business and Supply Chain group (Procurement, Operations Planning and Logistics) operate within. Working to remove complexity from an incorrect model is not a good use of resources. … Read More
Improving the Supply Chain Operations in your Business
Supply Chain is a concept The term ‘supply chain’ was introduced in an article of the early 1980s and its use in businesses began about ten years later, but supply chains have existed since people commenced making and trading items. The publicity concerning international disruption to trade has helped the term enter general conversations, but it is used with limited … Read More
Improving Supply Chains under Uncertainty through 2025
Uncertainty in 2025 Much has been written and spoken about possible scenarios for business and supply chains in 2025. But the impression of outcomes gained from commentators’ articles is ‘don’t know’. This is an unsettling view to rely on when considering improvements to the operations of your organisation’s supply chains. An outcome of ‘don’t know’ implies heightened uncertainty, with difficulty … Read More