Solving Urgent Problems in Supply Chains

A shipping manager of a medium-sized consumer goods company is dispatching deliveries one morning.  One of the company’s trucks unfortunately won’t start.  The driver says the battery is dead.  The truck is loaded with products a customer ordered and is waiting to receive.  The truck is twenty (20) years old, and the manager already securedContinue reading “Solving Urgent Problems in Supply Chains”

Challenges & Crises: The Two Types of Problems We Tackle in Business

We encounter all kinds of problems every day.  And they go by different names, such as: Dilemmas Situations Emergencies Obstacles Opportunities Illnesses Chaos Curiosities Puzzles Conflicts Projects Competitions Controversies Complaints Burning Platforms These problems, especially while managing our enterprises, end up as either of two types: Challenges Crises We categorise the issues clamouring for ourContinue reading “Challenges & Crises: The Two Types of Problems We Tackle in Business”