There are plenty of supply chain time bombs out there, we’ve all seen and heard from them recently. The most recent example — the floods in Thailand — should have sent a message to global organizations that source globally.
You better have a contingency plan for this kind of stuff, and you need to be agile and react. The only way you can do that is by SEEING, and seeing quickly. Talk about “where’s my stuff?”.
If you don’t have that, the next disaster could deliver the knock-out punch.
Advertisement