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Dec 2021
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How to create a resilient supply chain s...

McKinsey & Company
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How can organizations build resilience into their processes so they can be ready for the next inevitable supply chain disruption? Hear from Knut Alicke and Dan Swan, McKinsey partners, in conversation with executive editor Roberta Fusaro, on steps to take to achieve supply chain resilience, how to manage inflation and examples of how clients have successfully set themselves up to manage future disruptions.

Following, hear from Oscar Viyuela Garcia, an early-tenure consultant who left academia for a career at McKinsey.

 

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