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European Austerity, Greek Elections, Planning… and the passing of Maurice Sendak

Posted: 08 May 2012 08:48 PM PDT

The Europeans are struggling sideways, the American's muddling onward … and Maurice Sendak has passed on.  So, where are the wild things?  Agility is about adaption.  In Maurice's iconic book, Where the Wild Things Are, a naughty boy embarks on an odyssey across the sea to a land where he encounters wild monsters and enters into a giant rumpus.  Does this sound familiar?  Escaping from a recession, the US Economy undertook a journey across the void into a land of unmitigated mortgages followed by a rumpus of real estate speculation.  A few years later, the ever proud Europeans thinking themselves above the fray, promptly joined the rumpus.   Then the crash resolutely arrived.  And finally, as in Where the Wild Things Are, the global economy is finding its way back home.  The trip back to safety has proven uneven if not downright rocky; and each global region is adopting a slightly different course. This unique dynamic has presented unexpected planning challenges.  European manufacturing organizations are struggling to improve regional coordination of supply and demand in the face of Euro uncertainty and Greek elections.  American manufacturing organizations are re-assessing off-shoring strategies in the face of rising costs in the traditional offshore manufacturing centers as well as threats to supply chain security.  Resurgent emerging economies such as Brazil, India and China are turning centuries -old trading patterns on their head.  This is forcing companies to re-assess their planning, procurement and logistics processes.… Read the rest

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