“Technology and tools can identify problems, yet people still decide what to do about them,” write Alex Solis and Rodney Thomas in an article for Supply Chain Management Review, were they delve into why better data doesn’t necessarily mean better decisions.
Solis and Thomas explain how “the next frontier of resilience has shifted away from software alone toward a managerial judgement focus.” They get into the difference between being prepared on paper, and the disconnect that exists in practice.
Solis and Thomas stress that resilience requires flexibility, especially structural flexibility, not only of the supply chains themselves, but the organizations that employ them.
Read on to learn more.
Source: https://www.scmr.com/article/supply-chain-resilience-isnt-a-data-problem-its-a-judgment-problem
