Business Models
New Threats to the Subscription Model
Inflation and supply chain disruption are exposing the risks of relying on a subscription model in some markets.
Supply Chain Disruption
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Supply Chains & Logistics
Get Ready for the Next Supply Disruption
Supply chain risks have become nearly incalculable. Managing them requires a capabilities-driven mindset.
M. Johnny Rungtusanatham and David A. Johnston
Supply Chains & Logistics
The Crisis in Ukraine Spells More Trouble for Semiconductor Supply
Semiconductor manufacturers must invest in alternative sources for key materials to mitigate supply chain risks.
Per K. Hong, Erik Peterson, Bharat Kapoor, and Drew DeLong
Supply Chains & Logistics
Prepare for the Bullwhip’s Sting
Growing inflation and supply chain issues are raising concerns that a recession is looming. But companies can prepare.
Yossi Sheffi
Supply Chains & Logistics
What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Never-Ending COVID-19 Supply Chain Crisis
Just-in-time inventory management isn’t the source of the pandemic’s supply chain issues and product shortages.
Yossi Sheffi
Supply Chains & Logistics
Reshaping Supply Chains for a Post-Pandemic World
Learn how to navigate post-pandemic supply chains in this recent webinar with MIT professor Yossi Sheffi.
Yossi Sheffi and Paul Michelman
Crisis Management
Responding to Crises With Speed and Agility
The pandemic has shown how both speed and agility can help drive global business during a crisis.
Bernadine J. Dykes, Margaret Hughes-Morgan, Kalin D. Kolev, and Walter J. Ferrier
Supply Chains & Logistics
Data, Not Digitalization, Transforms the Post-Pandemic Supply Chain
Digitalization can’t deliver agility or reliability unless you first determine data access, quality, and lineage.
Michael Schrage
Supply Chains & Logistics
Who Gets What When Supply Chains Are Disrupted?
Past disruptions reveal how both ends of the supply chain can best handle product shortages.
Yossi Sheffi
Innovation Strategy
The Best of This Week
Adjusting business strategies and plotting comebacks in the face of uncertainty.
The MIT SMR Editors
Global Strategy
Monitoring the COVID-19 Crisis From Space
What leaders can learn from near-real-time disaster monitoring data.
Michael Hudecheck, Charlotta Sirén, Dietmar Grichnik, and Joakim Wincent
Supply Chains & Logistics
Three Scenarios to Guide Your Global Supply Chain Recovery
The business climate remains unpredictable, but supply chain leaders should plot their comebacks.
David Simchi-Levi
Supply Chains & Logistics
Is It Time to Rethink Globalized Supply Chains?
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores why disaster preparedness is vital for supply chain resilience.
Willy Shih
Financial Management & Risk
Is the COVID-19 Outbreak a Black Swan or the New Normal?
The kinds of challenges we face with the coronavirus point to permanent changes we must make.
Andrew Winston
Financial Management & Risk
How Companies Can Respond to the Coronavirus
Managers can learn a lot from how organizations in China have been coping with the COVID-19 crisis.
Michael Hudecheck, Charlotta Sirén, Dietmar Grichnik, and Joakim Wincent
Financial Management & Risk
Who Suffers Most in a Trade War — Businesses or Consumers?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines how a trade war will affect the economy.
Automation
Why Supply Chains Must Pivot
In an uncertain world, supply chains must adopt flexibility and automation to gain sustainable advantage.
Laurent Chevreux, Michael Hu, and Suketu Gandhi
Quality & Service
Can Your Supply Chain Hear Me Now?
Conversational commerce has the potential to transform the business supply chain.
Brian Subirana, Sanjay Sarma, James Rice, and Ken Cottrill
Disruption
How to Prepare for a Brexit-Size Disruption
Companies need contingency plans if they see a Brexit-like disruption on their horizon.
Yossi Sheffi
Climate Change
The Killer App for 3D Printing? The Circular Economy
3D printing presents an opportunity to fundamentally alter how we use and recycle raw materials.
Gregory Unruh
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