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What is the Biggest Blind Spot in Your Supply Chain?

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In countless surveys over the past decade, manufacturers and retailers rank “improving supply chain visibility” as one of their top priorities. What is happening to BMW today is another case study in supply chain risk management. Here’s an excerpt: Is your supply chain best-in-class? Total Answers 11. Total Votes 11.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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Most sustainability books in my view do not present the full 360 view. “Although a number of surveys show consumers say they want sustainable products, only a small percentage of them are actually willing to pay more to buy sustainable products,” Sheffi notes. U.S.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

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For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5 In additiion I realize it’s difficult to understand what goes into the customer survey, but would I assume specific metrics are being asked. U.S.