Your supply chains are facing unprecedented challenges coping with a rapidly increasing stream of disruptions from all different directions: new technologies, trade conflicts, sustainability crises, labor shortages, and social change. Learn how to create supply chain resiliency to not only survive, but actually thrive in the new age of continuous tech, trade, and social disruption.
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Overview
Your supply chains are facing unprecedented challenges coping with a rapidly increasing stream of disruptions from all different directions: new technologies, trade conflicts, sustainability crises, labor shortages, and social change. Learn how to lead your firm in meeting this challenge to not only survive by building the resiliency to satisfy customer expectations, but also how to adapt and exploit opportunities from disruptions to create competitive advantage. This program utilizes gamification, simulation and case study to bring concepts together and provide participants with immediately actionable concepts and tools.
Causes and Effects of Disruptions
Recognizing the causes and effects of disruptions
- Tech disruption: new business models, transportation, automation, and AI
- Trade conflicts and public policy
- Gen Y and Z demand for sustainable and ethical supply chains
- Recognizing the bullwhip and how to minimize
Coping with Effects of Disruptions
Developing your resiliency to cope with the effects of disruptions:
- Creating transparency
- Building supplier relationships
- Establishing multi-regional supply bases
- Resilient product and service design
Identify Opportunities for Disruption
Creating capabilities to exploit opportunities created by disruption to shape your competitive future:
- Systems approach
- Creating core supplier neighborhoods
- Leveraging platform supply chains
- Wargaming: scenario planning and risk management
Edward Anderson is the Wright Centennial Professor for Management of Innovative Technology Director, McCombs Healthcare Innovation Initiative.
Choosing, Evaluating, and Managing Your Supply Base
Gain insight into the various decisions required to create a robust supply network that will help your organization adjust to fluctuations in the marketplace.
Utilizing AI in Strategic Sourcing
Learn to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the strategic sourcing process and gain practical insights and tools to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and drive innovation in sourcing strategies.