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White paper on Supply Chain Resilience

For the French version

An in-depth study that identifies the key determinants of resilience, particularly in operations and the Supply Chain.

To carry out this study, France Supply Chain by Aslog teamed up with Sopra Steria Next, a Sopra Steria consulting firm. The aim is to help companies understand how to prepare structurally for future shocks.

Key findings include:

  • A lack of resilience in the face of crises - Overall corporate maturity index: 2.59 out of 4.
  • Lack of supply chain visibility
  • Ecological transition still too timid
  • Investments in resilience still too reactive
  • The supply chain, a strategic lever still under-exploited
  • In a world faced with ever-increasing crises, business resilience has become a real strategic challenge.

Find out more with three interviews and expert feedback, as well as a list of outstanding studies on resilience.

  • Mr Walid Klibi, Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management, KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL & MIT Fellow
  • Mr. Pierre-Yves Escarpit, Managing Director itm logistique alimentaire international
  • Mr. Éric Laval, General in charge of the Joint Munitions Service (SIMU)
  • Vincent Barale, Senior Vice President Supply Chain & Logistics, Louis Vuitton

White paper: Supply chain resilience

For the english version

An in-depth study that identifies the key determinants of resilience, particularly in operations and the supply chain.

To carry out this study, France Supply Chain by Aslog teamed up with Sopra Steria Next, a Sopra Steria consulting firm. The aim is to help companies understand how to prepare structurally for future shocks. 

Among its key lessons: 

  • A lack of resilience in the face of crises - Overall corporate maturity index: 2.59 out of 4.
  • Lack of supply chain visibility
  • Ecological transition still too timid
  • Resilience investments still too reactive
  • The Supply Chain, a strategic lever still under-exploited

In a world faced with mounting crises, business resilience has become a real strategic challenge.

Find out more with three interviews and expert feedback, plus a list of outstanding studies on resilience.

  • Mr Walid Klibi, Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management
  • Pierre-Yves Escarpit, Managing Director, itm logistique alimentaire international
  • Mr Éric Laval, General in charge of the Joint Munitions Service (SIMU)
  • Vincent Barale, Senior Vice President Supply Chain & Logistics, Louis Vuitton

Circular supply chain: what can we learn from the first experiments?

Methodological guide to implementation and management

Download the english version here

After a year of collaborative work, our guide aims tohelp shippers and logisticians set up and manage circular supply chains.

This methodological guide is based on the 6 workshops conducted by Citwell - a consulting firm specializing in operations and supply chain transformation - with members of France Supply Chain. The results are aggregated according to the following pillars:

  1. Model and value sharing
  2. Multi-location sizing
  3. Forecasts and expenses
  4. Circularity management
  5. Operational management, continuous improvement & data
  6. Organization

To ensure the richness and strength of the workshops, the sample companies were selected in such a way as to guarantee a diversity of size, organization and sector of activity.

This publication is the result of this collective work, written by several hands, and is only the beginning of the epic.

Many thanks to Epalia, Michelin, Orange, Lizee, Rev Mobilities, LRPI and Valused.

And to contributors Décathlon, Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire Grand Paris Nord Est, Manutan, Legrand, L'Oréal, OEMServices, Renault, Saint-Gobain, Soroa.

*Source: GAIA 2023 survey

Circular Supply Chain: Key Takeaways from Initial Experiments

Methodological Guide for Implementation and Management

Download the French version here

After a year of collaborative work, our guidance document is designed to help shippers and logistics professionals implement and manage circular supply chains.

"67% of companies plan to increase their investments in circularity over the next three years...

... and members of France Supply Chain are no exception!"

Anaïs Leblanc, Executive Partner at Citwell and project leader

This methodological guide draws on six workshops conducted by Citwell -a consulting firm specializing in operations and supply chain transformation-with members of France Supply Chain. The findings are structured around the following pillars:

  1. Value model and sharing
  2. Multi-locality sizing
  3. Forecasting and workloads
  4. Circularity management
  5. Operational management, continuous improvement & data
  6. Organization

To ensure the richness and robustness of the workshops, participating companies were carefully selected to represent a diversity of sizes, structures, and sectors.

This publication is the result of this collective effort, written collaboratively, and is just the beginning of the journey.

A huge thank you to Epalia, Michelin, Orange, Lizee, Rev Mobilities, LRPI, and Valused.
And to the contributors from Decathlon, Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire Grand Paris Nord Est, Manutan, Legrand, L'Oréal, OEMServices, Renault, Saint-Gobain, and Soroa.

Source: GAIA 2023 survey