What would it take for a company to gain more visibility upstream into its supply chain to make it less fragile? The Financial Times interviewed me and others for this excellent article on supply chain visibility.
#supplychainvisibility#resilience https://t.co/Lr5hz1zliX
The UK government (@Defra) allowing the EC-protected "Scottish farmed salmon" name to "Scottish salmon" and relaxing some of the production restrictions will eventually hurt producers, especially small domestic ones. https://t.co/OdgE4RpMaC
Battery electric car sales are flagging while hybrid car sales are booming. Could adding the battery-swapping model to the current charging model help attract more customers?
https://t.co/ze5fX3rniN
Following the door-plug incident for Alaska Airlines, what should Boeing do? I suggest Boeing should scrap the 737 Max program altogether. My article on Boeing in The Conversation:
https://t.co/JDy7ypaxMt
@DVKirichenko@HURI_Harvard If we are worried about the soul of humanity, should we decry war or participate to perpetuate it? Also, does humanity mean all human beings - Israelis and Palestinians, Han Chinese and the Uighurs, etc - or only the side we support in each case?
@Kinaxis@jmswaminathan@almendez@agrobins Companies need product innovation for sure but they also need innovation in the supply chain. Look at @Tesla for instance and the efforts @Toyota is also making now in their products and their supply chains.
Enhance your supply chain with innovations in data capture.
In this #BigIdeasInSupplyChain podcast, @jmswaminathan, @MohanSodhi, @almendez and @agrobins, discuss new advancement in data capture that drive supply chain optimization.
🎙️ Tune in: https://t.co/EyeCweWnyx
I was pleased to discuss visibility in the automotive supply chain at the Financial Times Future of the Car event (9th-11th May'23) in London: needs and efforts on visibility in the supply chain and transparency especially regarding electric vehicles. https://t.co/yqJm9Y3u7H
The Economist podcast featuring my comments on China and global supply chains (my comments are between 11 and 19 minutes). You can listen here or on Spotify, Apple, etc under the Economist podcasts.
https://t.co/R0MPdEB2K5
Financial Times interviewed me about digitalisation of the supply chain for their article on technology redrawing the supply chain map <https://t.co/B8z34LUhkG>, motivated by my co-authored article, Why emerging supply chain technologies initially disappoint, POM, 2022.
Should we give up JIT in light of the disruptions worldwide? Instead of abandoning them, companies should redesign them. Thomas Choi and I offer a method of doing just that in this Harvard Business Review online article. https://t.co/20r3VQqrru
The China-US tensions have been in the news recently. Christ Tang and I provide our perspective on what the tensions mean for trade, with implications for the supply chain, in The Conversation https://t.co/fNGTfzxbUr
The paper, Understanding systemic disruption from the Covid-19-induced semiconductor shortage for the auto industry, has been accepted by the journal, Omega.
https://t.co/hhRkLAeiJg
Where is globalization headed? A Supply Chain View
My public lecture in a 500-yr old lecture series in the City of London at Gresham College, now available as recorded video (YouTube) with transcript, audio only, and further readings:
https://t.co/gp9cxPF4md
My public lecture for the City of London today at Gresham College.
"Where is globalization headed? A Supply Chain View"
Mon. June 6, 2022, 1 pm London, 8 am New York, 5:30 pm New Delhi
Live stream (registration required): https://t.co/zud6hbkEOa
The shortcomings of the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile must be remedied before the next large-scale public health emergency. Here’s how. (Paper freely available till 17 March '22.)
https://t.co/UKUzqfCk2C
Why emerging supply chain technologies initially disappoint: Blockchain, IoT, and AI...We explore why users experience inflated expectations and then disappointment in the adoption of emerging technology (Gartner Hype Cycle). Freely downloadable at https://t.co/od7wByerh1
JIT the root cause of disruptions in the auto industry? This POMS Op Excellence panel discussion asks the question whether Just-in-time or Just-in-case will lead to more resilient operations.
https://t.co/9p40J0KuvL #JIT#justintime#inventory#supplychainrisk#resilience