![]() Especially if you have one component out of, let’s say, Thailand, and you can’t do anything else. Because as of right now, because of the leanness of supply chains, the ability to react and to adapt is basically restricted. There is a theory right now that lean is a disaster. Helgi Leja: The term lean distribution, lean manufacturing, has been really the mantra of many companies and many strategies along the way. And then you come out of it with some more hardened ideas about how we do it. ![]() I think for the companies that have been dealing with this it’s kind of survival of the fittest. ![]() I think we’re going to come out of this stronger. We’re also hearing a lot of expectation changes from our customers, and I kind of put all that together it’s not all bad. Certainly, I think the other side of it, we’re hearing a lot of problems. On a recent episode of Wholesale Change, Distribution Strategy Group (DSG) spoke with Helgi Leja, senior director at Distribution Performance Solutions, and Bruce Strahan, managing partner at global management consulting firm Argon & Co., about managing through a supply chain crisis like the one we are facing right now.ĭSG: What are some of the issues you’re hearing? What are the problems people are struggling with?īruce Strahan: It’s about the transportation delays, the cost of ocean transport going up fivefold. ![]()
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