Strong Relationships and Proactive Strategies Are Key to Successful Navigation of Supply Chain Disruption

January 10, 2022

CLAREMONT, CA— Ongoing supply chain volatility and disruption are creating major challenges for manufacturers, distributors, construction firms and retail groups. The strength of your customer and supplier partnerships is critical to successfully weathering the storm and thriving with high levels of disruption, according to The Society for the Advancement of Consulting® (SAC) Supply Chain SIG. Proactive prioritization and allocation of products and services will create customer loyalty and enable profitable growth.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has taught organizations how to conquer any global supply chain disruption,” says Art Koch, President of Arthur Koch Management Consulting, LLC, based in Miami, FL. “As the world exits the COVID-19 pandemic, we encounter localized hot spots that disrupt supply chains.

“Diligent, insightful supply chain leaders are transforming their supply chains to be more flexible, responsive, and predictable,” Koch notes. “It’s all about increasing supply chain velocity with reduced lead-times by near-shoring, on-shoring, and in-sourcing. An additional strategy is to partner with suppliers that have dual manufacturing capabilities. These tactics give supply chains added resilience during global, regionalized, or localized disruption. Hence, greater flexibility and responsiveness.”

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The Frankie Boyer Show: Are Higher Prices Here to Stay?

August 25, 2021

Frankie Boyer interviewed me on her show recently on the topic of inflation. We find it everywhere: in the price of our streaming subscriptions, at the grocery store, the gas pump, securities asset prices, building materials, real estate values, the cost of used vehicles, and the cost of university education, just to name a few. The big question for 2021 is, will inflation be a temporary condition, or are we looking at higher prices for the longer term?

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Battling Inflation in the Supply Chain

August 23, 2021

Recently I participated in a panel discussion on Patrick Daly’s Interlinks Podcast where we discussed the rise in the cost of transport of containerised freight from Asia to Europe and North America, chip shortages in the automotive industry and commodity shortages for materials such as timber, glass, and construction materials.

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Effective Supply Chain Management May be Key to Rapid Growth and Scalability

May 24, 2021

CLAREMONT, CA— Recent disruptions in supply chain operations have highlighted how important it is for manufacturers to plan ahead to not just manage today’s operations, but to also take advantage of big growth opportunities, according to The Society for the Advancement of Consulting® (SAC). To achieve scalability and profitability, businesses will need to effectively handle cashflow, lead times, and customer demand as well as leveraging well-integrated digital systems, innovating, and understanding customer behavior patterns like never before.

… The one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has ingrained in businesses is that market conditions and change now occur at supersonic speed,” says Art Koch, President of Arthur Koch Management Consulting, LLC, based in Miami, FL. “Now that more regions and countries are starting to exit the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s critical that organizations are responsive enough to seize the opportunities of unpredictable market demand.

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Creating Resiliency in 2021 Europe/North America Perspectives

March 11, 2021

Resiliency has emerged as a cornerstone to emerging successfully from the pandemic and essential to post-COVID success.

As executives re-evaluate supply chain collaborations and partnerships, they will be thinking about supply chain strategy and partnerships. We have assembled expert manufacturing and supply chain thought leaders from around the globe to discuss and debate these topics.

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Strategic Supply Chain Comes of Age Post-Pandemic

March 1, 2021

Four in Five Executives Now Rethinking Supply Chain Strategy

The COVID pandemic has illustrated just how extensive and overly complicated many supply chains became says Art Koch, President of Arthur Koch Management Consulting, LLC. “Depending on the survey, 76% to 84% of executives and board members are rethinking their manufacturing footprint and supply chain strategies to emphasize the importance of flexibility and responsiveness. They identified the necessity to compress lead-times by reshoring and insourcing operation-critical parts to regain control of their supply chains.”

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Emerging Above and Beyond

March 1, 2021

Presented by LMA Consulting Group

21 insights for 2021 from Manufacturing, Supply chain & Technology Executives

The pandemic of 2020 was a seismic disruption to the worlds supply chains that sent a tidal wave through industrial and retail sectors. Depending on the survey, 76% to 84% of executives said they needed to rethink their manufacturing footprint and supply chain strategy. They have indicated plans to compress lead-times be reshoring and insourcing operational-critical parts to regain their supply base …

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