1、Meeting the challenge of supply chain disruption Deloitte,in collaboration with Manufacturers Alliance,examines how traditional manufacturing supply chains are evolving to balance costs,efficiency,and resilience.Disruptions over the past few years have exposed vulnerabilities in manufacturers existi

2、ng supply chains.Conventional approaches may no longer be enough to achieve the desired level of supply chain assurance.For this study,Deloitte partnered with Manufacturers Alliance to understand the impact of supply chain disruptions on manufacturing and what manufacturers can do to achieve supply

3、chain assurance.Read more on D.Executive summary 2Spotlighting supply chain disruption 4Key approaches for assurance of supply 6Strengthening existing relationships 7Engaging multiple and regionally diverse suppliers 10Enabling agility with digital capabilities 13Moving away from just-in-time approa

4、ches 15The road ahead:Optimizing for agility considerations 17Endnotes 18Contents2THE PAST TWO years have demonstrated that the familiar formula of minimizing costs and maximizing efficiency in global supply chains is often no longer enough.Now,redundancy and resilience should be added to the equati

5、on to address increasing supply chain disruption.To gauge the impact of recent disruptions and how supply chain executives are balancing this new equation,Deloitte and Manufacturers Alliance surveyed more than 200 manufacturing executives.Our study addresses the real impact executives have observed

6、in their own businesses over the past 18 months.This paper highlights a range of new approaches and tools manufacturers are deploying as disruption becomes the norm.What emerges are four components important to a successful supplier management strategy:strengthening existing relationships,engaging m