Remember RC2? Perhaps better known as the importer of the Thomas the Train rail-set to the North American market, RC2 was the company that made headlines last year not for delighting little girls and boys with its wooden railways, but rather making t…
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European Leaders blog had a recent good catch that UK retailer Mothercare credited improved supply chain performance to its overall financial success. According to European Leaders, “Mother-and-baby chain Mothercare, who last year acquired Early Lear…
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First of all, the doctor would like to thank all of the bloggers and guest bloggers who participated in the first Sourcing Innovation sponsored cross-blog series of 2008. With nineteen participants and well over thirty postings on the topic, the doctor believes it was a great success. In case you missed a post, […]
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Yesterday, Wired published an article summarizing the recent State of Green Business 2008 from Greener Media which gives a bracingly candid interpretation of businesses’ green and greenwashing efforts. The report found that only 8 of 20 indicators showed progress in 2007 while 2 of the indicators, e-waste and carbon intensity, actually got worse. […]
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In a previous entry I talked about how the utilisation of Spend Analysis software makes the rational of a vendor reduction programme less relevant. When reading the latest report from The World Economic Forum on the risks for 2008 I am convinced this logic will now start to gain more momentum.
According to the WEF […]
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While taking a break from an all day podcast recording session earlier today — stay tuned for more details on it — I got a call from a friend and colleague at an analyst firm asking me if I had read the latest story on Aberdeen in the Wall Street J…
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Over on Supply Chain Management Review, AT Kearney’s Carrie Ericson and Joe Raudabaugh have penned a piece that examines some of the hurdles that companies need to overcome to execute sourcing projects quickly and effectively. Incidentally, when I fi…
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I know a lot of you have been reading on this blog and others about how the cheap dollar could potentially drive up export demand for US products. Well, the proof is finally here. According to a recent Industry Week article, the weak dollar is helpin…
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Over on Spend Matters, Jason Busch points out that the market, and not regulation, is the reason sustainability wins. He points out that maybe we should review Malcom Gladwell’s The Tipping Point to better understand how trends become standard practice. He notes that sustainability in the supply chain is on the verge of […]
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In their winter edition, the CPO Agenda just published another article on everybody’s favorite person - the CPO. This one was called More Than Just The Goalkeeper.
But before I review it, I should note that a number of similar articles have been cropping up - exclaiming the importance of this individual - over the […]
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