The context in which organizations operate in the current international scenario may be defined with the acronym VUCA: volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.
All of this brings a set of consequences for supply chains which, when really put to the test, cause disadvantages for the end customer: longer delivery times, higher prices and even no products/services.
One way of intervening is to change the paradigm with which supplying is seen: switching from supply chain to supply network.
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