Guy Courtin
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Halloween, Zombies and the Supply Chain
With Halloween rapidly approaching, coupled with continued interest in zombies, I thought to myself: how could we apply some supply chain principles to surviving a potential zombie out break?
First let us make the following assumptions about the zombie outbreak – it mimics the characteristics of...
Supply Chain planning is dead...long live planning!
I was just at the annual North American CSCMP event in Philadelphia. I had the pleasure of spending time with some leading supply chain influencers and friends such as: @bob_ferrari, @lcecere, @arnoldmarkwells, @jeffashcroft to name a...
"Rip & Replace" isn't pleasant, especially in the supply chain world
Picture the following: you are on a long haul flight from Sydney to London, because you have status you were able to get a seat in Business Class. You settle down nicely for your flight, stretch out, maybe have a glass of champagne and some mixed nuts. 3 hours into your flight you see the crew exit...
End to end visibility - coming to a supply chain near you
I have been fortunate to participate in the 2011 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in London, an assembly of leading supply chain practitioners where we spend 3 days listening to latest thinking for...
Supply chain disruptions...but not the usual suspect
Earthquakes, hurricanes, power outages, SARS outbreak are all examples of external events that can create disruptions to your extended supply chain. What about other events? How about a sporting event? For those of you that are not fans of the oval ball (the rugby ball that is) the...
More extended supply chain variables means greater need for visibility
Companies do not compete, supply chains compete…have you heard that one before? If you have, you probably are well aware of all the factors that go into running your business rely upon a host of partners and service providers that do not have your logo on their business cards. Globalization and...
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