“After the Dust Settles: Fundamental Changes for the Supply Chain in a Post-Covid World”

Presented by Gary A. Smith, CPIM-F, CSCP-F, CLTD-F

Lunch-and-Learn webinar at 12:00 PM EST, Tue., 6^th Dec. 2022

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This presentation, based on Gary’s article, “After the Dust Settles…” published in the November 2020 issue of Supply Chain Management Review, describes how organizations can survive and thrive in the post-Covid world.  Covid-19 was not a Black Swan event but an accelerant of rapid change that has and will continue to profoundly affect supply chains into the future.

The presentation will discuss three things that the pandemic proved about supply chains and that the success of organizations in the future lies in their ability to adapt, requiring supply chains to be both resilient and agile.  Finally, the presentation also provides eight recommendations for organizations to develop supply chains that can adapt in a post-Covid world as well as some additional changes for organizations to consider.

Keywords: agile, black swan event, supply chain

Agile – able to respond quickly to customer needs and market changes.

Black swan event – an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.

Supply chain – a system within organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in supplying a product to a consumer.

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Speaker Biography

Gary A. Smith, CPIM-F, CSCP-F, CLTD-F is a Supply Chain Thought Leader, Speaker, Author and Mentor.  His forty-plus year career includes leadership positions in warehouse operations and management consulting in a variety of industries and in both private and public sectors.  He recently retired as Chief, EAM / SCM for New York City Transit.  Currently Gary is an independent supply chain consultant specializing in inventory management, warehouse operations, network analysis, and transportation.  He also writes “For What It’s Worth” a monthly column on supply topics that is published in the Supply Chain Mavens Monthly Newsletter.  He is also a contributor to Supply Chain Management Review.

Gary is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology and holds Fellow-level status in all three APICS Certifications; Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), and Certified in Logistics, Transportation, and Distribution (CLTD).  He is also Chair of the CLTD Certification Committee for ASCM.

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