There has been a decades-old challenge in the supply chain industry that organizations could have either an agile supply chain or a lean supply chain, but they couldn’t have both at the same time. The ...

There’s been a long-held concept that a supply chain could be agile or lean, but not both. In last month’s article, we explored how with the right digital transformation, there is no reason why a ...

The issue of reshoring has been around for a while. For instance, longtime manufacturing executive Harry Moser started his Reshoring Initiative over a decade ago. Working to get Original Equipment ...

Many pundits and analysts blamed the current supply chain breakdown on the widespread use of lean and just-in-time manufacturing methodologies. Their claim is that they encourage manufacturers to keep ...

One of my Silicon Valley clients is sourcing products from several factories in the Pearl River Delta. As part of the relationship with these factories, my client is committed to supplier development ...