As revenues remain volatile, disruptions plague supply chains, and interest rates remain high, executives' ability to build revenue, margin and working capital predictability and improvement takes on an elevated importance.
Lisa Anderson, quoted in Procurement Pro, has stressed the pressing need for companies to address weaknesses in their supply chains amid growing global instability.
Supply chain complexity continues to accelerate as organizations navigate geopolitical risk, cybersecurity threats, talent challenges, and changing customer expectations. In this Manufacturing Matters webinar, Lisa Anderson shares practical strategies for building agile and robust supply chains that improve resiliency, enhance predictability, and position companies for long-term success.
As business executives contend with heightened supply chain risks and inflationary pressures, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a hot technology that can help to improve business performance.
As supply chains become more complex, organizations must move beyond resiliency and efficiency toward predictability, scalability, and customer value. In this ASCM San Fernando Valley presentation, Lisa Anderson discusses the risks and opportunities shaping the future of supply chains and shares strategies for building talent, leveraging technology, implementing SIOP, and positioning organizations for long-term success.
The threat of tariffs is already causing supply chain implications. There is a surge of chip demand post election. According to Trendforce, the chip supply chain is seeing a rush of orders.
Opportunities to increase market share will increase when companies are pre-positioned for growth in a resilient and scalable way.
According to the WorldMetrics.org report, 89% of manufacturers believe automation is key to increasing productivity. More importantly to increasing profitable growth, the report also finds that automation reduces manufacturing lead time by 75%.
Companies are overwhelmed with data. There is ERP related data, global supply chain data, world economic data, industry and market data, customer and supplier data, email communications, and the list goes on.
As geopolitical and economic risks rise, executives become more concerned. Proactive clients are taking action to boldly invest where it makes sense while aggressively focusing on inventory and cost reduction of non-value added items/ work and also ensuring high customer service levels.
