Four Ways to Manage Supply-Chain Challenges

摘要

Supply chains must continue to meet the challenges and everyday pressures that always have existed - reducing costs, demanding higher quality, improving lead times and responsiveness, and reducing risk. Today's supply chains face additional challenges above and beyond those, including: Increasing complexity and global networks; Increased volatility; Shrinking product lifecycles; Increasing customer demands and expectations; Intense pressure to reduce costs throughout the supply chain; Accelerated product innovation; Race to new markets; Increasing risk profiles.