RISK & RESILIENCE
“ Everybody ' s expected now to have a greater level of transparency in their supply chains to be able to mitigate those risks .”
Emphasising supply chain ’ s rise as a priority topic at boardroom level , Ingmar continues : “ Things have drastically changed over the last five or six years . It ' s no longer a buyer ’ s market . If you deal with transport suppliers or suppliers in general it ' s increasingly a seller ’ s market .
“ Nowadays , you have limited choice and we hear every day in the news that there are shortages of critical materials , whether in pharmaceuticals , medicine or elsewhere . But the better we become at managing risk , the less it will be a focus of top management . If you ' re doing a good job , they may let loose ; if you ’ re not doing a good job , you ’ ll always be in C-level focus .”
The importance of visibility It ’ s well documented that supply chain visibility and , by extension , supplier
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