The IBM Study (Accessed February 2009) points out that visibility and risk are important concerns of supply chain managers. The summary of the report suggests that companies seem to be more in touch with their suppliers than their customers when it comes to aligning supply with demand. More bluntly the buy side and the sell side have little clue about what’s developing on either side of the firm’s value chain.
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Towards global B-to-B trust and transparency in 2009
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Mumbai Terror and Upstream Risk
The events of the past week brings to sharp focus of fixing problems upstream in supply chains and also for management in general. Generally, for services there is this whole “redundancy” thing that allows for delivery from alternative locations in case of sudden disruption. Explicit planning for contingencies ahead of time, right at the contractual stage, is a good idea. Disrupted operations or liquidated damages don’t really solve business problems.