The document discusses building responsive supply chains. It notes that supply chains are facing challenges from inflation, geopolitical issues, and slowed GDP growth. Companies struggled during the pandemic with issues like shifts in demand, labor and supply availability, and transportation costs. The document advocates planning outside-in, driving organizational alignment, collaboration, and digital transformation to improve supply chain capabilities and build more resilient, responsive supply chains. It also suggests defining new metrics around market latency, demand latency, and process latency and using these to develop a balanced scorecard focused on value.
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