Strategic Supply Chain Comes of Age Post-Pandemic
CLAREMONT, CAâThe COVID-19 pandemic has proven the critical nature of the strategic supply chain, according to expert supply chain thought leaders within the Society for the Advancement of Consulting® (SAC). Companies realize they can no longer ignore this crucial business function, which belongs firmly in the C-Suite. This includes the thinking, actions, and initiatives that put the supply chain in a strategic context.
Inventory Accommodation or Optimization? As a manufacturer, do you have an inventory accommodation strategy or an inventory optimization strategy? asks Patrick Daly, Managing Director of Alba Consulting, based in Dublin, Ireland. In my work with manufacturing clients, I often find that they do not have any explicitly articulated strategy at all.