David Shillingford

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Is there a cohort of companies to look to for ESG best practices? According to a recent KPMG study, the answer is ‘yes’.  With a bias towards multigenerational value creation, family-owned businesses have incentives that make them…https://t.co/R1Ja9Ewvox https://t.co/O82hbLSb9u

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The impact on e-commerce operations would be very damaging but potentially worse, and harder to gauge, is the impact on the many companies that rely on parcel for the just-in-time delivery of mission-critical parts as well as the h…https://t.co/teGzAGDwPG https://t.co/ixna9gwsMi

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Two recent reports on the state of healthcare supply chains that I would recommend reading:

1. 'Delivering Next-Level Healthcare' from DHL.

An in-depth look at the big technological, social and economic trends that are driving unprecedented shifts in w…https://t.co/HwdeO7gLEb

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Two recent reports on the state of healthcare supply chains that I would recommend reading:

1. 'Delivering Next-Level Healthcare' from DHL.

An in-depth look at the big technological, social and economic trends that are driving u…https://t.co/rMcgudbIjP https://t.co/CZUuQHaXDZ

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Progress…but much more work to be done… https://t.co/mA9UP9YURH

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The headlines are, rightly, about the immediate human risk but supply chain managers need to take note of what is happening in the southern states of America (and elsewhere on the planet) for various reasons:

- the human risk grow…https://t.co/dDZ4XuQUJ8 https://t.co/qO9gnL0ixj

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Many strategic supply chain themes (think 're-globalization') will play out in #Morocco over the next decade that are important in themselves as well as instructive to what may happen elsewhere in the world. A few to consider:

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This has me scratching my head a bit 🤷‍♂️. The conclusion that prices surges since 2021 are caused in large part (60%) by logistics bottlenecks seems high to me.

The research here is based on juxtaposing elements of the New Yor…https://t.co/VNNKA42bjn https://t.co/6Q4QtrItL4

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Collaboration is critical to any meaningful progress in supply chain management, even more so when organizations with different and complimentary capabilities come together. So it is great to see this work product from the World Ec…https://t.co/fBLbidPzWR https://t.co/iRv9cG3Fto

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One of the many lessons from the pandemic is that companies can no longer rely on traditional approaches to demand forecasting based on historical data and that external (e.g. market) data and predictive analytics are needed as wel…https://t.co/4WL1IeoejM https://t.co/zd0qb2Ip8N

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We read a lot about challenges faced by automotive OEMs driven by network complexity, yet off-highway equipment OEMs face similar challenges. As Caterpillar Inc.’s CEO Jim Umpleby notes in this article "all it takes is one componen…https://t.co/1vhjbFEMAr https://t.co/RNOv8s8CNQ

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I had planned to ignore this ‘news’ but I keep seeing headlines that are repeating the claims that supply chain resiliency has improved and suggesting this is as a result of the administration making “supply chain resilience and re…https://t.co/gjJtRJJWS3 https://t.co/IA2rahqFtA

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I suspect that my daughter and I will read the news that ‘the world ran out of pink’ through different lenses.

For my part, it is reminiscent of the Xirallic paint pigment shortage after the earthquake and ensuing tsunami and nuc…https://t.co/7MuxYMCj6g https://t.co/U65adNVott

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The message for corporations is very clear. You must look beyond your immediate suppliers and their suppliers when re-assessing your supplier network. https://t.co/CwhxiotDV8

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A few things to add to this article...

- First and most important is to be aware of, and reach out to, the American Logistics Aid Network, an organization that connects those that need logistics support in the wake of a disaster w…https://t.co/3urTnRhd71 https://t.co/chIp7HgBJe

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The title of this piece asks a great question and one that is central to the future of commercial insurance if the question is expanded beyond cargo insurance.

Sensor data is already making a difference in the insurance of individ…https://t.co/hKiPbt4Eec https://t.co/7zPBBTtRRZ

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A China+many strategy is often necessary and supplier diversification increases resilience...but at a cost. Every network change involves a trade-off. 'Multi-shoring' increases complexity and the surface area of the logistics net…https://t.co/71yZ8Bm9Bw https://t.co/nTiN9EuLLM

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Beyond the Ted Lasso quote, some good advice from Gartner's @Brock_Johns at the recent Manhattan Associates' conference...

- invest in Edge to Edge* (E2E) supply chain visibility before disruptions occur or you will be caught flat…https://t.co/hLR0lZ1Jyn https://t.co/4jyuvP5Ipv

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Insurance companies are forward looking, data driven and have an incentive to sell more (profitable) insurance so this is a data point worth paying attention to… https://t.co/Akk6bmzMap