2007 Award Of Green Supply Chains Celebration
2007 Award Of Green Supply Chains Celebration Green Supply Chains Award 2007 – And The Winner Is …. Eastman Kodak! Mainstream corporations are really “Going Green”. And if you need more proof, it has just been announced that Kodak Eastman has won the highly coveted Green Supply Chains award 2007. There were 5 finalists in […]
Build A Cost-Conscious Culture In Your Supply Chain Organization
Supply Chain Organization by Doug Hudgeon The Cost Management Tip Building Cost-Conscious Culture management in your organization is the most important tip I’ll deliver in this series of posts. If you can create a cost-conscious culture in your organization then you’re pretty much done and dusted. Nothing else you do will cut costs more. Recently, […]
Global Leaders In Taiwan – Green Supply Chains
Green Supply Chains – A CEO’s Handbook Presented To Global Leaders In Taiwan Cutting edge academic research in Green Supply Chain is very sparse. Even rarer is an actionable handbook giving comprehensive know-how on achieving green supply chains. Global Supply Chain Group’s presentation at the Green Supply Chains Workshop organized by the National Tsing Hua University in […]
What Is Supply Chain?
What is Supply Chain The expression “supply chain” was created during the 1980’s to explain the need to integrate important business processes. Indeed, supply chain is about integration between business functions and business processes. It is about giving all the information which is important for any services in the industry and for partners of the […]
An Intern’s Perspective On The Future Of Supply Chain (In 2006)
Everything You Need To Know About Future Of Supply Chain. According to a recent KPMG study from 2010, the priority for firms with respect to their suppliers remains costs; at the same time, there are also new priorities that are becoming important, such as sharing of knowledge, skills and resources. Most firms claim that they […]
Sustainable Packaging
The History of Sustainable Packaging. It packs a lot in a small space, efficiently uses the minimum amount of resources, it’s not a product but the pea pod, which is possibly the greatest example of sustainable packaging design nature can provide… Throughout the supply chain a footprint is created where energy and resource usage can […]
HOW GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS ADD VALUE?
Benefits Of Global Supply Chain and adds Value? CEO of Global Supply Chain Consider this, if you are a typical company your imports and exports have grown at least 20% over the last 10 years. If you are one of those unique companies who prefer to deal with local suppliers then all that is happening […]
Empowerment And Email In Supply Chain
by Stuart Emmett Empowerment And Email In Supply Chain I am fed up with a lot of organisations. Is it just me? Do others find too many simple basic mistakes are being made these days by organisations? These mistakes are also being repeated many times and do not seem to get corrected. Why is this? One […]
Why Do Most Executives Supply Chain Act As If They Do Not Matter?
Executives Supply Chain Business Steve Jobs famously asked John Sculley “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugar water — or do you want to change the world?” when he was trying to recruit him to come and run Apple for him. That one question perhaps changed the life of John […]
Change Your Processes Before Implementing New Software
Here’s What People Are Saying About Implementing New Software By Doug Hudgeon The Cost Reduction Tip The success rate of software implementations is woefully low. There are lots of reasons for it ranging from overselling by vendors, overspecing by customers, lack of consultation with stakeholders, under-resourcing the implementation team, etc. But in my view, much of the source […]