supply chain logistics

COVID-19 makes lasting impact on sourcing and consumption patterns

COVID-19 makes lasting impact on sourcing and consumption patterns (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

As COVID-19’s death rate in the U.S. continues to decline gradually, businesses are reopening their doors as states slowly start to relax their lockdowns. But with the threat of the pandemic still looming ominously, some companies are seeking to reshape and insulate their core processes. These efforts will likely be targeted at making sure another breakout would not pose an immediate threat to companies’ sourcing, manufacturing processes and customer base.

“The issue with COVID-19 is less...

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Commentary: How digital transformation builds supply chain resilience

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Meta-description: C-suite executives often use supply chain resilience, agility and flexibility interchangeably, but what do they mean and have to do with digital transformation?

How often do you really think about digital transformation? Digital transformation is everywhere – even in the palm of your hand. But, its true applications continue to fall short of what...

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Commentary: Who holds the wild card at every supply chain’s end?

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In order not to hold everyone in suspense – all of us hold the wild card at the end of a supply chain when we are in our role as retail consumers. We vote with our wallets and sometimes emotion and psychology can enter into the mix. Whims, fears, conspicuous consumption, keeping up with the Joneses, etc. all have a role to play in the retail sector.

Of course,...

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Commentary: How are shipping and freight professionals adjusting to COVID-19?

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On April 9, FreightWaves ran Commentary: Can supply chain tech startups survive COVID-19? That was followed by Commentary: How supply chain startups are surviving COVID-19 on April 23.

For most people who focus on supply chain, innovation and technology, a related and perhaps even more salient question is the question about how professionals in traditional supply...

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Commentary: Re-opening the economy is not like turning on a light switch

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Yogi Berra’s famous piece of advice was if you come to a fork in the road, take it. Making decisions, whether comical or serious, are much easier when they affect only the decision-maker. But what happens when person A’s decision affects person B’s and that, in turn, makes person A reconsider? In this case we have gone from a fork in the road to an endless...

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