Business Sustainability: A Story of Supply and Demand

Business Sustainability: A Story of Supply and Demand

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 9:30am

NEWSROOM: Taiga Company

CONTENT: Blog

Over the past few years, companies across all industries took extreme measures to manage the financial pressures and risks of uncertain economic times.  However, as we now emerge from this down trend, the business sustainability decisions necessary to survive may actually be presenting new supply chain challenges. 

Many organizations in the late 00’s targeted the immediate value of inventory reduction, supply cost reduction, and supplier rationalization as stay-in-business strategies. While appropriate in the moment, these now extremely lean supply chains may be struggling to keep up with a rebounding consumer demand.  This has many supply chain professionals wondering: 

  • Did the economically driven business actions over the past two years permanently affect the future health of our supply chains? 

  • How long will it take for our critical supply paths to be re-energized?

  • Will current supply levels be able to keep up with our growing consumer demand?

  • Should we commit to a positive future with a fully operational supply chain?

In a negative economic environment with a shrinking demand, the tendency is to focus on ways to reduce, often neglecting work to optimize supply.  This too often limits a company’s growth potential when the tide turns.
 
The lessons learned from the recent downturn are refocusing the business perspective of sustainable supply.  Click here to continue reading.
 

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