We wanted to alert or Supply Chain Matters readers that Executive Editor and Independent Supply Chain and B2B Industry Analyst Bob Ferrari will be attending the IBM’s Empower 2016 conference this week in Orlando starting Tuesday evening. This conference features IBM procurement specialists focusing on education networking and discussions on all things Procurement and on […]
This summer, Supply Chain Matters along with other blogs posted commentaries related to more evidence of the U.S. airline industry’s march to the bottom. More specifically, it was manifested by major IT systems outages that impacted individual airline performance, leaving hundreds of passengers scrambling to either re-schedule cancelled flights or miss important meetings and events. […]
Note: This is the second of two postings providing more specific evidence that a shift in the contract manufacturing services is now underway and involves multiple industry sectors. We began with a commentary related to automotive industry product design supply chain strategy. In this posting, we focus on the changing services model of Jabil Circuit. […]
In 2011, this analyst began to share observations on a growing reality of a changed model of outsourced contract manufacturing services (CMS). The following two postings provide some specific evidence that this shift is now underway and involves multiple industry sectors. We begin with commentary related to automotive industry supply chain strategy. Product strategy change […]
Supply Chain Matters has previously posted commentaries reflecting on the ongoing brand, product and supply chain learning implications regarding the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 product recall crisis. Incidents of fires presumably caused by lithium ion battery thermal runaway remain a concern, as is the damage to the Samsung brand. If you have recently flown on […]
As noted in our previous commentary, Supply Chain Matters has featured a number of blog commentaries highlighting the various supply chain management accomplishments and challenges related to the commercial aircraft industry. Current unprecedented, multi-year customer order backlogs for new aircraft are having an effect on the entire aerospace industry supply chain ecosystem. The need for […]
Supply Chain Matters has featured a number of blog commentaries highlighting the various supply chain management accomplishments and challenges related to the commercial aircraft industry. Current unprecedented, multi-year customer order backlogs for new aircraft are having an effect on the entire aerospace industry supply chain ecosystem. Click on the search term Aerospace Supply Chain on […]
We wanted to once again remind our Supply Chain Matters readers and followers that Founder and Executive Editor Bob Ferrari will be moderating a panel discussion at next week’s Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference being held in Orlando Florida. This session, jointly sponsored by The Washington Post and Ryder Inc., is […]
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