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The End of an Era? What Seismic Shifts in Global Politics Mean for Your Shortage Planning

The End of an Era? What Seismic Shifts in Global Politics Mean for Your Shortage Planning

You can buffer against destabilizing global politics with three strategies to develop insight and build agility into your long-term shortage planning. You’ve likely spent 2020, and now also 2021, exploring ways to strengthen your supply chain and perhaps even pivoting...
Smart Strategies to Avoid the Bullwhip Effect Through Excess Solutions

Smart Strategies to Avoid the Bullwhip Effect Through Excess Solutions

Small changes in demand can trigger much larger inefficiencies throughout the supply chain, but here’s how you can avoid the bullwhip effect through excess solutions. One of the more colorful descriptions of supply chain volatility, the “bullwhip effect,” as described...
3 Factors to Consider When Searching for High-Reliability Components

3 Factors to Consider When Searching for High-Reliability Components

When neither traditional suppliers, franchise distributors, nor small brokers can meet your needs, global independent parts distributors provide a credible alternative. Thanks to stringent approved vendor lists (AVLs) and diminishing supply, high-reliability component...