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Published On - May 10, 2018

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Ford Forced to Stop F-150 Production Because of Supplier Fire

Ford suspended all production Wednesday of its profit-driving F-150 pickup, the nation’s best-selling vehicle for more than 35 years, because of a “black swan” parts shortage. The production halt was caused by a fire May 2 at a parts factory in small-town Michigan that rippled thro...

Supply Chain Risk and the need to understand the industry value chain before proceeding

A prerequisite to navigating supply chain risk and uncertainty: understand the industry value chain dynamics (forces), then understand your organization’s supply chain and 3rd party vulnerabilities. Here is another example of the changing landscape of Supply Chain Risk activities....

Now Scheduling: Single Point or Failure: The Next Step

After a decade of learning and working with many of the world’s top leaders and risk experts I have concluded that risk must be part of the business’s competitive strategy, i.e. to create and sustain profitability. That is why I developed this workshop, to develop strategies and methods for exec...