With 2025 supply chain planning in full swing and ongoing concerns like extreme weather events and geopolitical instability, inventory management might be top of mind. At ALOM, we’ve seen firsthand how vendor-managed inventory (VMI) operations …
My prepandemic advice for supply chain planning: Plan for 98% and “wing” the remaining 2%. There is no way you can plan for 100%. Those …
Demand swings are creating shortages. But shortages are also creating demand swings. When a product is in short supply or – worse – unavailable, we …
After 15 months of pandemic disruptions, demand fluctuations and supply problems, supply chain pros are like toddlers crying from the back seat: “Are we there …
When will the supply chain world return to “normal”? This is by far the number one question in my inbox these days as supply chain …
Chess players are often admired for their analytical skills and ability to make decisions. Yet, chess is so much simpler than supply chain. There are …
Supply chain pros just may be suffering from PTSD after a harrowing year with rapid changes. The pandemic brought huge demand shifts, now followed by …