Supply Chain Risk: Too Important to Ignore
Despite the fact that supply chain risk poses a serious threat to a firm’s short-term revenue, profit, and brand, senior managers tend to focus far more on higher-profile risks such as legal...
View ArticleSupply Chain: Complexity Versus Responsiveness
As firms start to maneuver for growth again, one long-standing supply chain argument has reared its head: one side thinks the firm should pursue stock-keeping unit (SKU) expansion and customization,...
View ArticleTaking Process Excellence to the Next Level
Many firms are actually quite good at improving performance on projects of small scope within traditional organizational boundaries. But, while most have the appetite to improve their process...
View ArticleDebt, Deficit, Defaults, and Downgrades
It has been a momentous three weeks for economic news in America and Europe. The U.S. media has been understandably awash with the negotiations to increase the “debt ceiling”; the level of debt that...
View ArticleSupply Chain Risks Continue to Disrupt Operations
Our research shows that 50% of procurement executives feel direct pressure from their CEO to improve their supply chain’s risk management—unsurprising given that each costs, on average, $2 million....
View ArticleSupply Chain Lessons from the Horsemeat Scandal
Featured Download: Supplier Distress Signals Case Study Tesco. Ikea. Nestle. Taco Bell. The list of companies swept up in Europe’s horsemeat scandal keeps growing, as supermarkets and food...
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Ways to Improve Digital Banking for Small and Medium Enterprises
Financial services institutions have been lax to to provide small to medium enterprises (SMEs) with relevant and compelling digital banking capabilities, preferring to invest in more sophisticated and...
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Making Mobility Work in Banking, Payments, and Beyond
Mobile devices have an unparalleled opportunity to transform the way products and services are delivered in the banking and payments space. However, there are still a number of challenges to be...
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3 Reasons Companies Fail at S&OP Improvement
S&OP planning requires close collaboration with sales and marketing colleagues, and rigorous management of data inputs, among other things Operations teams often fall into three traps when trying...
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The 13 Things Strong Companies Avoid
Facing an endless merry-go-round of new strategies and new performance objectives, managers can often get so caught up in a headlong chase for short-term performance that they make fundamental mistakes...
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Bridging the CHRO/CFO Divide: Help the Business Use the Right Metrics
CEB’s survey of more than 100 midsized company executives clearly showed that executives in finance and HR – including CFOs and chief human resources officers (CHROs) – want to work more closely and...
View ArticleSupply Chain Risk: Too Important to Ignore
Despite the fact that supply chain risk poses a serious threat to a firm’s short-term revenue, profit, and brand, senior managers tend to focus far more on higher-profile risks such as legal...
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Procurement: Lessons from Chipotle’s Pork Shortage
A poster at one of Chipotle’s branches announces the lack of pork. Picture: Nicolas Brulliard American customers looking to get a Mexican-food fix at the fast-growing Chipotle chain had one choice...
View ArticleTo Guard Your Reputation, Know Your Suppliers
When choosing a supplier, operations checklist traditionally includes factors such as durable contract terms, a smooth delivery schedule, the financial viability of the supplier, and, of course, price....
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Supply Chain Lessons from the Horsemeat Scandal
Tesco. Ikea. Nestle. Taco Bell. The list of companies swept up in Europe’s horsemeat scandal keeps growing, as supermarkets and food producers struggle to assure consumers that their beef products are...
View ArticleCorporate Procurement: Why Good Supplier Relationships Make Product Recalls...
Tesla Motors managed to provide both good news and bad news in the announcement back in April that it was recalling 2,700 Model X sport utility vehicles. During a test, the electric-car maker (showroom...
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