4 points by KaustubhM Aug 26, 2022 | flag | 1 comment
vermorel Aug 26, 2022 | flag

The article proposes three ways, namely:

Building supply chain resilience by managing risk
Using technology to increase supply chain agility
Identifying and promoting ways to be more sustainable

However, the analysis is a bit all over the place.

  • For risk management, the example of RFID at Nike is given. However, RFID has nothing to with with risk management at the supply chain level.
  • For supply chain agility, the example (which features a plug for a planning software vendor) of AI / ML, is a double-edged sword. Historically, software has been a great force to rigidify systems, lowering their operating costs, but usually making them less agile too.
  • For sustainability, frankly, this is pure virtue-signal, both from the article itself, and from the respondent of the survey. I am not saying that sustainability isn't a worthy goal, however, very companies are in any position to do much on this front as far as their supply chain is concerned.