The Supply Chain Matters blog welcomes new readers and provides a background of what this blog is about, the focus of our content coverage areas and topics. We especially welcome new visitors during the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic seeking added knowledge and insights on industry and global supply chain impacts and implications.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog continues a series focused on assisting industry supply chain management teams in their planning and tactical strategies for the second half 2021. Continued demand and supply imbalance gaps exist now only in business but in the availability of supply chain talent.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides a series of blogs focused on assisting industry supply chain and sales and operations planning teams in their planning for the second half of 2021.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides highlights of enterprise technology provider Oracle’s fiscal Q4 and full year FY21 financial performance and ongoing momentum.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights today’s breaking news that the United States and the European Union have agreed to suspend a 17-year trade dispute regarding government subsidies to commercial aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog announces availability of Podcast Episode 13- New Manifestations of Lean and Connected Manufacturing. Moderator Bob Ferrari speaks with Richard Lebovitz, widely recognized thought leader in lean thinking and just-in-time manufacturing processes and the Founder and CEO of Austin Texas based LeanDNA.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides the latest highlights and perspectives relative to the ongoing global product demand and supply imbalance gap that is impacting so many industry areas.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an updated capsule of noteworthy updates to prior global supply chain news developments that we have previously highlighted for our readers. In this update, we update developments related to the distribution of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, and in Airbus efforts to renew monthly manufacturing volumes.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a media report indicating that China dominates Apple’s existing supply network, and how that can relate to the Biden Administration’s ongoing review of deemed U.S. strategic supply chains.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog alerts readers to an upcoming podcast: New Manifestations of Lean Thinking and Connected Manufacturing, with lean thinking thought leader and expert, Richard Lebovitz, Founder and CEO of LeanDNA.
by Bob Ferrari 
The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights this week’s White House report addressing the next steps in the Biden Administration’s efforts in addressing four strategic supply chains. This week’s fact sheet summarizes a 100-day review of strategic supply chains and consequent next steps in this effort.
by Bob Ferrari 