04 February 2012

The Blog

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New metrics to measure supply chain risk
It says a lot about the perception of supply chain that it is now a subject of debate at the World Economic Forum. And, the fact that it chose to focus on risk is hardly a surprise... ...
Published: 30 January 2012

Time to ‘amplify’ your supply chain?
It’s hardly an unknown problem. Ever since computers were put to use in business the difficulty has not been in generating information, but in isolating the critical pieces of information that make the difference between success and failure ...
Published: 24 January 2012

Apple opens up
Apple terminated business with one of its suppliers last year for repeated human right violations at its plant – and it is working with another repeat offender to correct its human rights practices ...
Published: 16 January 2012

The China supply chain is changing
China has dominated supply chain thinking over the past few years - but the business environment is changing ...
Published: 09 January 2012

Have you got a policy on slavery?
Are you able to set out your efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from your supply chain? From 1st January you will need to be able to......
Published: 19 December 2011

Chill wind for food supply chain
British prime minister David Cameron earned plaudits from his own political party for the way that he ducked out of plans for a new European treaty to strengthen the Euro last week ...
Published: 12 December 2011

The dark side of chocolate
It came as a nasty surprise to learn that child labour is used in the supply chain for one of our favourite treats – chocolate ...
Published: 05 December 2011

Drop the BRIC, it's time to focus on the CIVETS
Just as we all got used to the idea that BRIC must figure in any self-respecting supply chain strategy, it turns out that BRIC is now last year's thing and we must all now refocus on CIVETS ...
Published: 28 November 2011

Rising tide of supplier challenges brings danger
Buyers beware, supplier challenges are on the increase, according to research by Nottingham University into the number of supplier challenges brought under the EU procurement regime ...
Published: 21 November 2011

When is a supply chain not a supply chain?
The man’s gone mad, I can hear you saying. Surely we are well past the moment when that is an appropriate question? ...
Published: 15 November 2011

In praise of supply chain professionals
It’s a real privilege - and an education - to sit on one of the judging panels for the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards and experience the passion and expertise of the professionals who come and present to us. ...
Published: 07 November 2011

Why the PC business is chained to Hewlett Packard
When Hewlett Packard announced that it was selling its personal computer business back in August, chief executive Léo Apotheker explained that HP future strategy would be “built on cloud, solutions and software to address the changing requirements of our...
Published: 01 November 2011

Are you paying attention?
The past year has seen some big challenges for supply chain professionals as a result of natural disasters and economic volatility ...
Published: 25 October 2011

What is your supply chain telling your competitors?
If you’ve just bought an iPad 2, I’ve got bad news for you. Apple is already working on the iPad 3 and it will be out in just a few months. ...
Published: 18 October 2011

Ambassador, with these Rocher, you're really collaborating…
Supply chain collaboration, when it happens at all, is generally restricted to non-competing organisations. ...
Published: 11 October 2011

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