It’s that time of year when global companies report their quarterly earnings – and this time the figures are highlighting the impact on supply chains of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan
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Everyone knows the old chestnut: what gets measured gets managed. The corollary to that, of course, is that if you are to manage the right things then you have to have effective ways of measuring them.
It’s now more than a decade since Nike’s supply chain came under intense scrutiny after it was revealed that workers in sub-contractors’ factories in Asia were working in “sweat-shop” conditions.
All too often it seems, supply chain executives are tasked simply with keeping the promises made by their colleagues in sales and marketing.
Every quarter we conduct a survey among a panel of senior supply chain and logistics executives in the UK asking them what they see as the most important challenges they face over the coming months.
Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao arrived in Europe last week for a tour of selected capitals to talk principally about trade issues.
What impact does our understanding of supply chain risk have on economic performance? And, just when is the US economy going to get us out of this mess?
Eight times a year the US Federal Reserve Bank produces a report on the state of the US economy based on anecdotal evidence from bank and branch directors and interviews with business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources.
The UK government has set out plans to save £3 billion on procurement. And that is on top of the £1bn which it reckons it saved last year.
Inflation is rising and commodity prices are rocketing. Are we facing a new set of supply chain risks and challenges that may be far more long-lasting and structural than the economic set-backs of the last few years or the dramatic impact of the Japan ear
