Is your supply chain and operation prepared for a surge in growth?
Steve Delano, Market Specialist CPG & Retail, on Wed, Feb 17, 2021 @ 03:56 AM
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Five Ways to Optimize your Direct-to-Consumer Channel; 2020 was the Stress Test, Now it's Time to Fix what Failed
Bill Forster, EVP Agriculture, Food & Consumer Goods, on Wed, Dec 16, 2020 @ 04:19 AM
Bill Forster EVP Agriculture, Food & Consumer Goods, outlines five practical steps consumer goods & retail executives can take now to optimize direct-to-consumer channels and achieve profitable growth faster than anticipated.
End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility: a £1Bn Cautionary Tale
Bill Forster, EVP Agriculture, Food & Consumer Goods, on Wed, Jul 29, 2020 @ 09:47 AM
A UK online retailer recently received a very expensive lesson in the importance of supply chain risk management. Maine Pointe's Bill Forster discusses why this should act as a catalyst to business leaders to urgently review their own supply base and ask themselves : Can we afford to lose £1Bn ?
Is Today's Supply Chain Model Dead? Have You got its Replacement Ready?
Simon Knowles, Chief Marketing Officer, Maine Pointe & Steven Melnyk, Professor Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University, on Tue, Jun 16, 2020 @ 10:00 AM
A recent executive discussion document co-authored by Maine Pointe and Michigan State University (MSU), argues that, while the supply chain may not be responsible for all the problems attributed to it, the vulnerabilities exposed by the current pandemic necessitate rapid and far-reaching changes to prevailing supply chain and business models.
Aviation, Aerospace & Defense Supply Chains Can Still be Resilient in a Global Emergency
Chris Brumitt, VP Aerospace & Defense, on Wed, Apr 22, 2020 @ 09:39 AM
The aviation, aerospace & defense (“AA&D”) industry has been rocked by an unprecedented near shutdown of commercial aviation and faced the impact of unpredictable parts shortages as companies shutdown/lockdown facilities across the entire supply chain.
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Building Supply Chain Resilience Through Optionality: Five Key Areas to Consider
Simon Knowles, Chief Marketing Officer, Maine Pointe, on Tue, Apr 07, 2020 @ 09:11 AM
The rapid spread of the global pandemic has added another layer of disruption to the economic and global trade challenges businesses faced at the beginning of the year. As governments around the world introduce unprecedented measures to halt the spread of the virus, there is no area of the end-to-end supply chain that isn’t feeling the impact.
