Why it’s time for manufacturers to focus on resilience

Posted on 20 Jan 2023 by The Manufacturer

Being prepared for the ‘new normal’ means placing resilience at the heart of your business agenda or running the risk of falling behind. Being stuck in constant firefighting is a sure route to losing efficiencies, significance and market share. Better for resilience to be a C-suite topic - rather than regular value chain disruptions. Kearney’s Markus Vejvar explains.

In the new era of continuous disruption and high business volatility, established principles like the supply chain triangle of ‘cost-cash-service’ need a rethink. Lean doesn’t reign supreme anymore, and instead of optimising within these three dimensions, firms need to balance short-term operational performance with flexibility, resilience and sustainability to ensure long-term growth (see Figure 1).…

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