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The Biggest Supply Chain Blunders of 2017

AFFLINK

Puerto Rico Aid. One of the year's most devastating failures in supply chain planning happened in Puerto Rico after catastrophic Hurricane Maria. The biggest impediment to Puerto Rico's supply chain was a lack of available diesel fuel. Or, are you following ethical sourcing and manufacturing methods?

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Hurricane Harvey & Irma's Threat on the Product Economy

Elementum

In Puerto Rico, more than a million people were left without power and 50,000 without water. Expected Long-term effects: Critical part of US manufacturing supply chain is currently at a stand-still. But manufacturers don’t keep big stockpiles and could start running out as soon as next week.

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What About Them Apples?

Supply Chain Shaman

A shortage of pharmaceuticals in Puerto Rico. I also worked in manufacturing during the period of 1978-1992 trying to plan demand. Most demand planning happens in Excel Ghettos not in the expensive technologies implemented in 90% of manufacturing companies. Shifting demand and rising prices for cotton and orange juice.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Potential Sources of Disruption. Identifying sources of risk and developing a plan are only part of the story. What alternative plants/factories/sources of supply do they have at their disposal? Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage. Cyberattack and data breach. Loss of talent/skills. Outsourcer failure. Weather event.

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4 Things We Learned this Hurricane Season About How Companies Use Tech to Help Communities

BlueYonder

The control tower constantly updates with information from local stores, news sources, Red Cross and local contacts. Businesses from car manufacturers to food and beverage companies stepped up in support of Hurricane Florence victims. How did businesses give back this hurricane season?

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7 Steps to Weatherproof Your Supply Chain for Extreme Weather

Resilinc

Take this example: when category 5 Hurricane Maria was approaching Puerto Rico in 2017, suppliers and critical FDA-regulated materials were threatened. With this visibility, our customers initiated a dual-sourcing effort to secure supplies ahead of time. One customer in particular successfully secured $1.5

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Anita Arts: “A supply chain manager can no longer sit in an ivory tower

Supply Chain Movement

The British company is owner of Unitymedia KabelBW (Germany), UPC (The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Romania), VTR (Chile) and Liberty (Puerto Rico). because there are only three major companies left who manufacturer such chipsets.”.