Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today, we published The Supply Chains to Admire for 2023. Nvidia, Northrup Grumman, PACCAR Inc, PCA (Packaging Corporation of America), ResMed, Rockwell Automation, Ross Stores, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) Company, Tempur-Pedic, TJX, Toro, Toyota, West Pharma, United Tractors, and Urban Outfitters. I admit it.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2022

Peter Tirschwell and Joe Lynch discuss the post-pandemic supply chain. Peter is Vice President in the Maritime, Trade & Supply Chain division of S&P Global , a global data, analytics and business intelligence organization serving sectors including maritime, energy, automotive, petrochemical and financial.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 24, 2024

The lack of clarity and discipline in the methodology gives the industry a false signal to define supply chain excellence. As a result, the top performers of CCL Industries, Clorox, Crocs, Cummins, L Brands, Lululemon, Monster Beverage, Paccar, Toro, and Taiwan Semiconductor never make the list. Does it matter? Yes and No.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. The proliferation of products and capabilities is exponential with over 60% of capacity in Taiwan.

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Freightos

JULY 30, 2024

Dive deeper into freight data that matters Stay in the know in the now with instant freight data reporting Sign up for Free Analysis Typhoon Gaemi wreaked havoc in the form of evacuations and deadly mudslides and flooding across the Philippines and Taiwan on Thursday and parts of southeast China into Friday.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 23, 2024

Since a devastating 1999 quake, Taiwan has implemented sweeping changes to its building codes while strengthening existing structures.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 1, 2022

China’s announcement of military drills around Taiwan as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits the island is already having ripple effects across global supply chains, prompting detours and causing delays of energy shipments.

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Supply Chain Brain

AUGUST 1, 2022

and China over Taiwan has thrown a spotlight on growing risks to one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes — even a minor disruption could ripple through supply chains. The standoff between the U.S.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains. Feature Article by Dr. Raymon Krishnan – President at the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society. Firms must constantly evaluate and evolve their supply chains and leverage opportunities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 25, 2021

As a guest writer for Forbes, public relations firms constantly pepper me with requests to speak to technologists boasting of having answers to improve supply chain resilience. I strongly believe that historical supply chain practices are not the answer. They need to evolve to help today’s supply chain business leader.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two recently published studies identify the top disruptions that impacted industry, business and global supply chains during 2024 and our expected to be present in 2025. According to the releas e , overall disruptions to global supply chains increased 38 percent on a year-over-year basis.

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Exiger Perspectives

JANUARY 2, 2025

These complex chips, made with valuable minerals, are key to so many supply chains that any disruption can have devastating ripple effects, including on personal livelihoods and national security. Major geopolitical tensions as well as environmental and forced-labor issues are putting strains on global production and supply of chips.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

In business conversations, the term supply chain excellence rolls off the tongue frequently in meetings, but what does it mean? Supply chain excellence is harder to define than to say. We designed the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology to help companies define supply chain excellence.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 24, 2020

I struggle to understand why innovation in supply chain networks stalled. Innovation for supply chain leaders in building value networks stalled. A Value-Added Network operates on batch jobs, and as a result, the data is not as current as a Supply Chain Operating Network. There is no charge to join.

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Taiwan was hit by another 5.7 While not the business center of Taiwan (commerce is concentrated on the country’s west coast) Hualien is a popular tourism hub. While not the business center of Taiwan (commerce is concentrated on the country’s west coast) Hualien is a popular tourism hub.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 3, 2024

In this special Supply Chain Matters supply network risk advisory, we highlight the initial implications of today’s major earthquake that has impacted the island of Taiwan. magnitude earthquake that has impacted Taiwan. Today, such a scenario has again occurred, given the ongoing reports of a 7.4

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2024

Learn the best practices for supply chain risk management in 2024 from Resilinc, the gold standard for supply chain resiliency. As risk managers audit their vendors and programs at the start of the year, it’s also time to clean up old strategies and supply chain practices.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The recent weaponization of pagers and radios in Lebanon serves as a powerful wake-up call to CEOs and governments worldwide; businesses must improve supply chain visibility now. What does this mean for the future of supply chain risk management? Who Manufactured the Pagers and Radios?

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Resilinc

APRIL 17, 2024

Avoid the pitfalls of single sourcing and learn strategies to build a more resilient supply chain. In the intricate web of modern supply chain management, efficiency often guides decision-making. Single sourcing and sole sourcing are two different procurement strategies in supply chain management.

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All Things Supply Chain

JUNE 2, 2023

The US and Taiwan announce new Trade deal The US and Taiwan signed a trade deal under the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade, marking the first agreement under this…

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A Biden administration effort to untangle global chip supply snarls is facing resistance from lawmakers and executives in Taiwan and South Korea, complicating attempts to resolve the bottlenecks hurting industries from automobiles to consumer electronics.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 4, 2020

So how is coronavirus impacting on business life and supply chain in particular? When the supply chain grinds to a halt, customers will have to jostle for priority. During the outbreak of the SARS epidemic in 2003, I was an expat in Taiwan. Buyers are working overtime trying to gain insight into the supply chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 12, 2025

Global based contract manufacturing services provider Foxconn announced this week the availability of an Advanced AI based large language model aimed at improving manufacturing and supply chain management services. Further noted is that FoxBrain is believed to be Taiwans first large language model with advanced reasoning.

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All Things Supply Chain

JULY 7, 2023

Taiwan Exports at a 14 Year low as Demand Woes Taiwan’s exports experienced their sharpest decline since 2009 in June, signalling concerns about the global demand slump for electronics and…

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Resilinc

JANUARY 16, 2023

One day in August 2022, a group of military and defense strategy experts gathered in Washington, DC, to play a game that simulated a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan in 2026. How can the US prepare for a China-Taiwan war? What will happen to semiconductors if China invades Taiwan? A similar lag will apply to the U.S.,”

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2024

Congestion at major Asian container hubs is not as bad as a few weeks ago, but is still a factor tying up capacity and causing delays, including some redistribution of vessels – and congestion – to other ports in the region, now including Taiwan. Keep reading Market Updates Are We Headed For Pandemic-Level Supply Chain Disruptions?

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Exiger Perspectives

APRIL 3, 2024

Taiwan Earthquake: Initial Insights and Implications Client Alert briefing on semiconductor supply chain ramifications On April 3, 2024, Taiwan experienced its most significant earthquake since 1999, causing disruptions across Asia’s semiconductor supply chain.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 24, 2023

“Plan all you want,” writes Cyrus Hadavi , CEO of Adexa, “but disruptions are the supply chain’s real problem.”[1] Because global supply chains are constantly facing crises. In the first part of this article, I want to discuss some of the risks facing supply chains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 12, 2020

When Gartner purchased AMR Research in December 2009, the methodology became the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25. However, when Gartner bought AMR Research, and I left in the transition(because I don’t believe in the Gartner methodology), I launched a new methodology named the Supply Chains to Admire. The reason?

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

magnitude earthquake rattled southern Taiwan at the start of Lunar New Year, the island’s largest nationwide holiday. Taiwan is the world’s leading producer of semiconductors and integrated circuits (IC), and high tech companies are wondering how this earthquake could affect the global electronics supply chain.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

With the recent visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, as well as the passing of the CHIPS Act, the public and the media have more questions than ever regarding the semiconductor market. Primary among these is: what is the exposure to Taiwan of a Chinese attack and what is the risk of a semiconductor shortage?

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

magnitude earthquake that struck Eastern Taiwan on February 6th continues to have aftershocks, with plenty more expected to occur in the days ahead. Supply Chain Disruptions. As of writing, there have been 2 fatalities and 200+ injuries mostly in Hualien City.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The CHIPS Act was created in response to pandemic-induced shortages of semiconductors and other critical manufacturing supplies, causing widespread disruption to supply chains across the country. . In contrast, chip manufacturing has significantly increased in Taiwan, South Korea, and China over the same time period*.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2022

As I spent the time reflecting over the last three weeks, the number of articles streaming into my feed on supply chain implications was high, but most of them were wrong. Some stated that the war marks the end of the global supply chain. By definition, this requires a global supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

I take supply chain seriously. I believe that better supply chain practices can save the world, and I think that it makes a difference in warfare and welfare. Today, when I talk about building the end-to-end value chain, people will look at me strangely and say “That is not supply chain.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button by Lora Cecere , Founder, Supply Chain Insights Supply Chain Leaders Can’t Afford to Guess About the Future The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 20, 2023

Supply chain professionals are certainly acquainted with risks and risk-taking; however, their principal concern is managing risks. ” However, not everyone appreciates the risks an organization’s supply chain faces. Supply Chain Risks Internal Risks • Production Control Risks.

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