31 July 2010

The Blog

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Is the customer your king?
It’s a real cliché – describing the customer as king. But expressions become clichés precisely because they describe widely held views. ...
Published: 27 July 2010

Chips are a supply chain issue
One electronics industry commentator called it "the ultimate supply chain screw-up". Strong words but when a major international motor manufacturer has to stop the production line, there is, perhaps, some justification. ...
Published: 19 July 2010

Fast fashion: a throw-away trend?
Fashion is a fickle business. Not exactly a groundbreaking observation, but add to that the current trend for "fast fashion" and it becomes all the more apparent. What's in one week is out the window the next - and quite literally, it seems. ...
Published: 12 July 2010

Car maker looking to rail and water
There can be few more stark examples of how environmental concerns are affecting supply chains than Ford's "Blueprint for sustainability" released last month. This set out the steps it is taking to reduce its carbon footprint. ...
Published: 05 July 2010

Change has to come from the top
How capable are we of transforming our supply chains? Confidence may be growing in terms of a recovering economy and expectations of increased demand; however, findings from two recent high level surveys suggest that this optimism is tempered by a lack...
Published: 29 June 2010

One competition where you can make a difference
Every four years we go into the World Cup with high hopes for our teams, but the performance of the English, French, German and Italian teams over the weekend seems to have left most of Europe in a state of depression. ...
Published: 21 June 2010

Get off my cloud
Cloud computing has been one of the big success stories in the supply chain software world over the past couple of years. But while it might seem that the bandwagon is unstoppable, a note of warning has been sounded by IT research group Gartner ...
Published: 14 June 2010

How do you join the world's supply chain elite?
AMR Research has just revealed its Top 25 supply chains and, for the third year running, Apple has come top. ...
Published: 07 June 2010

Defining the low carbon supply chain
We can all point to some of the initiatives that companies are looking at to make their supply chains more environmentally-friendly. ...
Published: 01 June 2010

Danger of ignoring demand
Lee Iacocca, the man who saved Chrysler back in the 1980s, wrote one of corporate America's most gripping autobiographies, and in a particularly telling passage describes how, upon his arrival, he discovered thousands and thousands of cars rusting in ...
Published: 24 May 2010

So what's stopping you?
As every successful business knows, providing the customer with what they want, when they want it and at a competitive price, is a winning formula. The problem is getting the business to do just that - focus on the customer. ...
Published: 17 May 2010

Supply chain thinking at the leading edge
Some of the most sophisticated supply chain thinking has been developed in the hi-tech industries so it should be no surprise that the last two overall winners of European Supply Chain Excellence Awards have come from the Hi Tech, Communications & ...
Published: 10 May 2010

Healthy ambitions
The healthcare supply chain has some very distinctive characteristics - decisions can sometimes literally mean the difference between life and death. But what does it take to make a truly successful supply chain in this sector. ...
Published: 04 May 2010

The hunt is on
The hunt is now on for the top supply chains in Automotive, Aerospace & Industrial - companies that can challenge for the crown in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2010. ...
Published: 26 April 2010

Shameful response
It would be nice to start by saying: "Now that the dust has settled..." But it hasn't, and it looks as though the cloud from the Icelandic volcano is going to be around for some time to come. ...
Published: 19 April 2010

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