“My old mum, who thinks ‘cloud’ means rain, started worrying about supply chain vulnerabilities”

Move over resilience, there’s a new buzzword in town – and if you aren’t already taking the supply chain seriously, now is the time to take action

If resilience was the buzzword for the years 2022 to 2024, then get ready, because 2025 is going to be the year of the supply chain. I’m staking my claim early. Why am I so confident that supply chain management will be at the forefront of everyone’s minds? The answer lies partly in the inherent complexity of the notion of resilience. It’s a commendable goal, but its definition and implementation can be so varied that extracting tangible value from it often feels more like a philosophical debate with stoned freshers than a practical pursuit with professionals. There are, in my view, several other reasons why supply chain management is going to move up the ranks, outstripping this nebulous concept. First, it does what is says on the tin. Encapsulated in…

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