Supply Chain Resilience
26/01/2024 – BBC : Red Sea Disruption
Patrick Lepperhoff speaks to the BBC’s Asia Business Report on the Red Sea shipping disruption
While many procurement professionals view resilience primarily as a defensive approach to securing and stabilizing supply, a resilient supply chain actually offers significant competitive advantages.
Patrick Lepperhoff speaks to the BBC’s Asia Business Report on the Red Sea shipping disruption
What can companies do now and how can they protect themselves against supply bottlenecks and rising freight prices in the long term?
Companies are working on stabilizing global supply chains and considering restructuring options like nearshoring and friendshoring. INVERTO's survey, involving 95 decision-makers, shows that these trends are seen as long-term changes in procurement strategies.
When people have talked about supply chain alignment over the last 20 years, they have often ended up saying that global sourcing is the order of the day. In our cover story, we reveal which factors are key for nearshoring and building local supply chains – and how you can shape the process.
Due to the many recent crises, global supply chains have been restructured, and Moroccan companies now prefer direct supply relationships.
In this interview, Oliver Idem explains how companies can benefit from this.
Nearshoring is now on the agenda of management meetings at many companies. What are the advantages of nearshoring – and is regionalization worthwhile even with volatile logistics costs?