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Rivian: Navigating Supply Chain and Operational Challenges and Embracing Growth

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Introduction Founded in 2009, Rivian Automotive, Inc. However, this initial success was soon overshadowed by a series of setbacks and challenges that Rivian had to navigate through mainly related to supply chain and production. The production setbacks experienced by Rivian had a direct impact on its reputation and supply chain.

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Intelligent IBP – a new role for supply chain planners

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In this blog : a new role for supply chain planners. Similar to the continuous automation of physical assets in the supply chain over the last 100 years, we’ve now reached the era where the knowledge worker will be augmented or automated by a machine. Supply chain planners and IBP teams will not escape this evolution.

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Strategic Procurement: 4 Tactics for Economic Recovery in 2021

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When Covid-19 hit, supply chains across the globe nearly came to a halt. According to Accenture, 94% of Fortune 1000 companies saw supply chain disruptions and 75% had negative or strongly negative impacts on their businesses due to the pandemic. Procurement Teams Step-up.

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373: Going Beyond Visibility – Culture and Digitization

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 Last week on episode three of our WiseTech Global mini-series, we tackled one of supply chains most difficult, yet most important, topics – risk. One of the many lessons that the pandemic taught us was the importance of ensuring that robust risk management is incorporated into our supply chain strategies.

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The $46 Billion Problem Under Our Noses: Why Parcel Shipping is Ridiculously Unoptimized

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Let’s “unpack” the second problem: When a supply chain manager or senior analyst commits to fixing the issue of inefficient packing, they almost never consider the fact that reducing air is only half the battle. . Since 2015, he’s been evangelizing the use of AI to achieve cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable shipping.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Will Chu, CEO at Vector!

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Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. I, along with my fellow co-founders, enjoy tackling problems at hand, and have been tackling them together since 2009. Subscribe Here!

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9 Headlines Striking Fear into Shippers Lacking a Strong TMS

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There is still time and budget for shipping organizations to implement new TMS solutions or upgrade existing ones – yielding benefits like automation, efficiency improvements, expanded visibility and scalability – if they’re to be well-protected against what appears to be a looming downturn. Over the Road Trucking. Rail and Multimodal.