What are some obstacles to creating a flexible workforce? What are the benefits?   Flexibility is essential to create resilient supply chains, the most flexible resources are often human resources since employees are usually flexible and can be shifted from one task to another. This flexibility becomes even more important with uncertainty from changes in consumer behaviour. These changes together with shortages in manufacturing resources lead to system wide disruptions that e

Due to the of the popularity of online shopping, the logistics has become even more essential for businesses. Warehousing is now an important part of the supply chain of todays modern enterprises, and it has developed from original goods storage to other operations, such as transportation and storage (Chen, J. et al., 2022). Decisions on where to place warehouses are important choices to make in order to save on cost and to distribute products to multiple end consumers for th

Supply chain management various stages takes a systems view regarding all processes needed to bring a product to the final customer. Hence, the value creation process extends beyond the boundaries of a single business, and involves integrated business processes among the suppliers, manufacturers, and customers (Vanpoucke E. et al., 2009). Purchasing a can of soda at a convenience store can be an example of how a convenience store supply chain functions. The soda starts out wi