The ability to make strategic, tactical, and operational supply chain decisions in the digital ecosystem is and will continue to be a critical part of decision-making for supply chain leaders.
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is, in essence, an organization’s readiness and capability to continue meeting its objectives and demands at acceptable levels when disruptions arise. Today, two issues are compelling leaders to reexamine how they tackle BCP in their organizations: 1) Disruptions have become more intense and frequent, and 2)
Defining the Objective FedEx Office is comprised of nearly 2,200 retail stores, 15,000 employees, 18 commercial print facilities, and a nationwide transportation fleet. Tom DeGreve, Managing Director of Production Strategy & Engineering for FedEx Office, supported by advisement from Pierre Mawet, Managing Director of Supply Chain & Operations at Accenture
Underlying Technology in Digital Planning Twins From a technology perspective, a Digital Planning Twin is a constraint-based digital representation of an enterprise’s full value chain – including all commercial, operational, and financial components. Its cloud-based architecture ensures security and scalability, while no-code implementation and pre-built templates get businesses up and
For many, this combination of complexity and pressure stemming from BCP is, in turn, introducing anxiety and a sense of frustration. Fortunately, this doesn’t have to be the case. BCP is highly effective and delivers an exceptional ROI when teams and leaders are equipped with the right tools for effective
Network design implementations are also notorious for spinning their wheels when scenario modeling and analysis bog down people and other resources to a point where initiatives fail, experience cost and schedule overruns, or simply underperform. So what can leaders do to support successful supply chain network design initiatives?
If we didn’t know what real supply chain disruption was before, we do now. Events over the past 18+ months (COVID-19, Brexit, Suez Canal blockage, India-China border conflict, natural disasters, cyberattacks on pipelines and shipping lines) forced companies to find new ways to deliver goods and services, secure alternative sources
Author: Eric Uresti A roadmap for building a more agile and resilient supply chain
Here are seven tactical planning examples supported by River Logic.
