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May 202020

Recently, our managing partner, Eric Hiller, published an article at aPriori’s website called:

6 STEPS TO OVERCOMING THE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS

The response was so good, that aPriori is having Eric teach as part of a webinar on the subject.

Webinar Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has created workforce disruptions that have paralyzed manufacturers from the top to the bottom of global supply chains. Join Eric Hiller, who will share how to keep your supply chains up and running now and in the future. This webinar will be most relevant for sourcing professionals and suppliers. If you are unable to attend the webinar, register, and we will send you a link to the recording following the event.

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Thursday, May 28, 2020

Session 1: 9:00 AM EST | 3:00 PM CET

Session 2: 2:00 PM EST | 8:00 PM CET

Corona Supply Chain Blues — what to do about cost, when delivery is a problem

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May 062020

The old world…

So, you had a supply chain, and you thought it was pretty “optimized.”

Yeah, you could improve it here and there, but you had wrung out 95%+ of the addressable waste.

To really make progress, you would need to make MAJOR changes (new suppliers, locations, etc.), but there just is always other stuff to do.

The new world…

Then Corona happens!!!!

Your tidy and luxurious platform is now burning.

Now you have no choice but to DO SOMETHING different.

Cost was really important and you thought delivery and quality were assured.

Now delivery is a huge problem (maybe quality too.)

The future world…

What do you do short term? What do you set up in the future to stop this from happening again?

Find out in Eric Hiller’s new article over at the aPriori blog (which Eric originally started in 2007, when it was “CostCents“) It has been a long time since Eric worked at aPriori or wrote for the blog, but he has some advice now.

6 STEPS TO OVERCOMING THE SUPPLY CHAIN CRISIS

Three Sheets to the Wind! — How the supply chain for toilet paper works and why people need to stop worrying during Corona Virus times

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Apr 092020

Have you spent time in long lines at Costco or at another store only to be disappointed when you get inside and not find one of one of life’s most fundamental and critical products… dot you know what we’re talking about: toilet paper!

Admittedly this is not our usual subject here at Hiller Associates, but as this has become apparently a huge thing. We wanted to examine whether there is a rational reason for people’s behaviors or not.

In fact, Eric Hiller just published an article on this at MarketWatch!

Click here to understand the fascinating supply chain of toilet paper, and why people need to stop freaking out about this and causing a problem where there never was one to begin with.