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A Wake-up call for Supply Chain Managenemt

As procurement teams struggle to cope with the COVID-19 global pandemic, most have been trying to keep up with the news about global response measures and have been working diligently to secure raw materials and components and protect supply lines. However, vital information is often not available as a result, their response to the disruption has been reactive and uncoordinated. As the crisis hits the companies, they are helpless to combat and revive their operations to normal during the catastrophic times. In contrast, a small minority of companies are good in mapping their supply networks before the pandemic emerged better prepared. They have better visibility into the structure of their supply chains. Instead of scrambling at the last minute, they have a lot of information at their fingertips within minutes of potential disruption. They know exactly which suppliers, sites, parts, and products are at risk, which allows them to put themselves first in line to secure constrained invent...

COVID - 19 : An Opportunity or Realization

There was a time when countries and people are fighting among themselves for the great reasons across the world, until they eventually found one single large enemy against the entire humanity. It is time when everyone realized that, what they ran all through the life fighting for? which they realized it to be  so silly and all the men and women joined hands(Of course, by maintaining socially distancing 😉)  across borders to fight for their life.   The chaos, disturbance and scramble are everywhere across the world, started from China and eventually all out in the world, throwing so many questions and too much information to process. This is added up with the innocence of the politicians in handling the catastrophe. The politicians are running up for the HCQ doses or vaccine on one side and trying to save their image than their country. Inequalities and other differences are quite evident since every world catastrophe pitches for  a greater selfishness and struggl...