Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Barchi Gillai, Sonali V. Rammohan, and Hau L. Lee
Intangible assets and intellectual property (IP) are increasingly important in today’s knowledge-based economy. Yet, all too often protection of a company’s intellectual capital is controlled by the legal department, with most companies failing to take effective action to…
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Chris Carr and Dan Harris
Supply chain contracts in emerging markets like China were once not worth the paper they were written on. As the market and legal systems mature, savvy organizations are using supply contracts to protect the integrity of their global supply chains.
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Jennifer Wade
Compliance with global trade regulations is rapidly becoming much more than an exercise in risk management. Increasingly, it is a strategic capability that can help companies increase their competitive advantages and grow revenues. That’s especially so as governments…
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Vivek Chidambaram, Hugo Evans, and Kristen Etheredge
The oil and gas industry has always collected data, even if it was hard to access. With new systems and analytic tools, procurement can use Big Data to make smarter sourcing decisions that have a real impact in the field.
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Jarrod Goentzel,
Walk through the recently built UNICEF warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, and you will pass a room where office cubicles have been replaced with rolling tables, white boards, colorful couches, and a mix of gadgets and gizmos. This is the home of the organization’s Innovation…
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Larry Lapide
This column represents the annual oil update I’ve been writing since my first column in the January/February 2007 SCMR issue (“Is Your Supply Chain Addicted to Oil?”).
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
Will U.S. manufacturers begin to rethink their sourcing strategies as nearshoring and onshoring become more attractive? It depends on who you talk to.
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Becky Partida
Organizations that track supplier innovation and the ability to adopt collaborative technology benefit within and beyond the procurement function.
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · John A. Caltagirone, Anjali Menon
After a decade long offshoring boom, companies are seeking new destinations to optimize their gross profits and asking: Where’s the next China?
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Hamish Walker and Patrick Penfield
In many businesses, innovation is driven through marketing and engineering. At Molson Coors, procurement has deployed a five-step process to drive innovation at one of the country’s best-known brewers.
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Russ Meller
Almost every company is working to reduce the time it takes to get an order to a customer’s home and replenish its stores. But while faster fulfillment and small order sizes make marketing, customers, and store managers happy, that faster fulfillment comes at a cost.…
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its first-ever analysis of anti-bribery on a global scale, sounding an alarm for U.S. supply chain managers.
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
U.S.-based executives at large companies remain bullish on American manufacturing, and their actions are starting to show it, according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
“Companies should look before they leap into reshoring or nearshoring,” said Foster Finley, managing director at AlixPartners and leader of the firm’s Supply Chain Practice in the Americas.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 · Rosemary Coates
Many industries are already leaving China in search of lower cost countries to produce goods such as cut and sew items and trinkets, even some electronic assembly and process industries.
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