Managing Your Supply Chain in the Face of Multi-Channel Retailing
By: Mickey North Rizza Lately, the retail landscape has been evolving so rapidly that it seems as though markets can barely get used to one way of selling, when a whole new form of commerce erupts. Cue...
View ArticleLessons in Supplier Development: The Apple Watch
April 24th marks the release of the long awaited Apple Watch. The hype around this new product is quickly gaining momentum and shipments are expected to reach 4.8 million units in Q1 and up to 9...
View ArticleThe GCC Oil and Gas Industry: Maturation and Transformation
Authored by Fayaz Haq and Henry Shepperd Representing 30% of the global oil production and boasting some of the highest global per capita GDPs, it isn’t hard to quickly uncover what makes the six...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Best Practices to Reap More Value from Your Supplier Relationships
Over the last few months I have listened to many businesses discuss their quest to obtain more value from their supplier relationships. The traditional methods are tapped out while leaders such as...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About BravoAdvantage
There’s big news coming from BravoSolution this week: We have officially released BravoAdvantage, our next-generation procurement platform. This platform will help take your procurement operations to...
View ArticleThe Secret of Unlocked Procurement
Conventional procurement is a tail dragger. It brings down the organization because it exists to satisfy needs verses seeking opportunities to secure unlimited value. Unlimited value is the secret of...
View ArticleSupply Chain Compliance is about to Get Tougher
As we all know managing a supply chain isn’t as easy as it sounds. Sourcing, planning, manufacturing, distribution and customer service are all important aspects of it. Each has their own business...
View ArticleRisk Management in the Supply Chain: Reputational Risk
By Mickey North Rizza In many organisations, procurement is beginning to see risk as one of their responsibilities, second only to savings. With Risk Management so high on procurement's agenda, we've...
View ArticleBalancing the Risk: Penny wise and Pound Foolish?
I recently read a great article on supply chain risk management by Jeffrey A. Burchill, a senior vice president of finance and CFO of FM Global. Imbedded in the article was a superb quote, where he...
View ArticleBankrupt Automotive Supplier Understands How Vital Customer Relationships Are...
Chassix Holdings Inc., a supplier of chassis, brake and powertrain components to General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co., FCA US LLC (the former Chrysler Group), Nissan North America, BMW AG and others in...
View ArticleVolkswagen, Far from Fahrvergnügen
In the 1990s, VW used the word Fahrvergnügen in their advertising campaigns. One of the tags lines was, “Fahrvergnügen: It's what makes a car a Volkswagen". According to Wikipedia in English,...
View ArticleSupplier Relationships Are Vital
In 2012 a BP oil rig off the Gulf Coast of the U.S. exploded and sank due to defective cement on the well. Eleven lives were lost and there was incalculable environmental damage. The fault was mainly...
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