Predictions for the 2010 Supply Chain
13th January 2010
Barry Elliott and Chris Catto-Smith CMC of the Institute of Management Consultants Thailand comment on Chris Verstraete’s SCM blog and propose a collection of Supply Chain Predictions for 2010. Five tare business-related and another five are related to technology.
Business ones:
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Challenges in restarting business
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Industry consolidation
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Thanks to the crisis:
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“In-sourcing”
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Green for sure
Technology-related trends.
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Collaboration
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Cloud computing
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New buzzword
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Social networking
In Summary: Over the past seven years the Weekly Link has covered 360 articles and features on supply chain and logistics, we have appreciated the positive feedback on our articles relating to the global financial downturn. Luckily those involved in international trade are now seeing signs of recovery as demand returns and production lines become more active: we wish you a successful 2010 Supply Chain.