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8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience for Manufacturers in a Post-Covid World

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Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. But because we were proactive, we were able to build inventories ahead of time so that we had enough material in the pipeline before the crisis really hit peak.”. Balance supply chain risk and resilience with ROI.

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Pandemic Prepared! 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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As we continue to adjust to new business cycles, 2022 offers an opportunity to learn how to incorporate lessons learned from 2020 to establish a new supply chain and customer experience strategy. Perhaps 30 days of inventory isn’t enough in times of crisis, and terms should be updated. Balance supply chain risk and resilience with ROI.

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The Coronavirus Is Shattering Traditional Supply Chains

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And even if an order from an overseas supplier were to be filled, delivery issues would be compounded by the declining number of air and ocean freight options to move products into the U.S. And the severity of those impacts was only projected to grow beyond the first quarter of 2020.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

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Examples of these causes are (1) acts of God or of the public enemy, (2) acts of the Government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, (3) fires, (4) floods, (5) epidemics, (6) quarantine restrictions, (7) strikes, (8) freight embargoes, and (9) unusually severe weather. B-418469, 2020 CPD ¶ 140, at 2 (Apr. FAR 52.249-14(a).

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

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CPI-U Month Increase/Decrease Over Previous 12 Months December 2020 +1.4% November 2020 +1.2% October 2020 +1.2% September 2020 +1.4% August 2020 +1.3% July 2020 +1.0% June 2020 +0.6% May 2020 +0.1% April 2020 +0.3% March 2020 +1.5% February 2020 +2.3% January 2020 +2.5%