supply shortage

  • The Rise of Resilient Supply Chains: What Every Manufacturer Must Prepare For

    • April 23, 2025
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Management, Manufacturing
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    Having ready access to your supplies and raw materials are a sign of a resilient supply chain.

    I’ve been in manufacturing leadership for a long time, and I’ve seen some amazing technological advances. Gains in efficiency, gains in productivity, an increase in safety and sustainability — they all came from tightly-tuned (tightly-wound?) supply chains. For decades, the goal has been to adopt the Japanese method of “lean manufacturing” and reduce redundancy, minimize

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  • Three Ways to Fix Your Supply Chain Right Now

    • November 17, 2021
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Business, Management
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    There are thousands of containers waiting to be offloaded cargo ships on the west coast, which is causing serious supply chain issues.

    There are shortages and inflation throughout the country, thanks to a number of supply chain issues. Container ships are stacked up outside different west coast ports, there are labor shortages to unload and reload container ships, and there are shortages of labor to make parts and goods here in the United States. But all is

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  • How Do You Deal With Supply Shortages? How Can You Prevent Them?

    • March 10, 2021
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Management, Manufacturing
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    An empty industrial hall. This is what a supply shortage looks like.

    Here’s a scenario. Let’s say you’re expecting a shipment of needed parts in order to fill an order of your own. Maybe you’ve got a customer who’s waiting on you, or you’ve got a big installation that you’re working on. Your supplier calls you and says, “I’m sorry, we’re out of this part you need

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