Supply Chain Trench Dilemmas
I was going through a thought experiment- the most senior supply chain personnel in an organisations face certain dilemmas. But how can they relate to the dilemmas felt in the trenches..the trench folks have different dilemmas. For example, a senior dilemma might be should I offshore supply chain jobs to low cost countries. Should i hedge commodities to guard against inflation. Should i have a dual supply base ( near shore and far shore) to build resilience. Should i invest money in digital transformation and how do I road map that…and so on. On the other hand the trench dilemmas might look like these 1) should I buy fca or ddp incoterm 2) should I buy via trading house because it is a minority vendor or buy directly with actual supplier 3) should I extend the contract or go to the market 4) should I invest in stock inventory or buy when needed or look at consignment stocking 5) should i push back the generic PR for MM coding rather which will make the end to end cycle time longer, or ...