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Procurement
Pandemic sees procurement professionals more valued
Pandemic challenges have seen procurement's stock rise with C-suites and has elevated the most under-valued professionals in supply chain to new heights

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Supply Chain Risk Management
One year on: Supply chain under the pandemic
Twelve months to the day since the UK entered lockdown, we consider the lessons and future of supply chain as the pandemic enters the second act...

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Supply Chain Risk Management
Pandemic prompting firms to increase inventory - McKinsey
McKinsey's latest pandemic report on supply chains shows businesses are prioritising inventory over resilience strategies like near-shoring and onshoring

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Supply Chain Risk Management
News analysis: Is pandemic killing just-in-time supply?
Just in time - or 'lean' - manufacturing is under threat from pandemic disruptions, a survey claims. But is JIT supply doomed, or merely evolving?

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Supply Chain Risk Management
Pandemic: will volatility be 'new normal' for supply chains?
The pandemic has inverted the usual supply-demand relationship, and firms' response of inventory 'will make supply chains more volatile', says expert
