Analyst Insight: Making the case to integrate supply chains with other internal organizations can be a tough sell. However, today’s supply chain organizations that resist necessary integration ...
For decades, vertical integration meant ownership. According to Michael E. Porter's seminal work Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, companies sought to reduce costs, ...
In the past few years, organizations have responded to a series of supply chain shocks mostly by employing isolated risk-mitigation strategies within planning, direct materials or manufacturing — ...
Healthcare supply chains have faced significant stress tests in recent years. From the pandemic and geopolitical shocks to labor shortages and inflation, certain lessons are now impossible to ignore ...