Supply chain intelligence: How GM and Carnival are turning supply chain visibility into action

Seeing a supply chain disruption is one thing. Knowing which suppliers need help—or which delayed containers should move first—is another.

Scott Thompson, vice president of supply chain for the cruise ship company Carnival Corp., and Jeff Morrison, senior vice president and global chief procurement officer at General Motors (GM), described steps their companies are taking to strengthen supply chain intelligence at the Amazon Business Reshape Conference on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.

For GM, according to Morrison, a key focus has been mapping its supply chain all the way down to where its subtier, or “n-tier,” suppliers get their materials from.

“If you look at the last five years of supply chain crises, a lot of those really involved disruptions or risks that were deeper into our supply chain,” explained Morrison.

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