The supply chain can be a risky place and it is all too easy to take a chance on the next move. But, says Nick Allen, now is the time for buyers to become more, rather than less, vigilant over assessing supplier risk.
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As organisations learn to become more customer-facing, supply chain visibility and control will increasingly be essential for commercial success, says Nick Allen.
The economy may be improving, albeit slowly, but will “lean and mean” remain the order of the day?
It would be easy to be daunted by the scale of the supply chain challenge presented by the flooding in Pakistan.
Not that long ago, there were predictions that RFID would revolutionise the supply chain sweeping away all that had gone before.
What’s happening to our high tech supply chains? Demand in recent weeks for micro chips seems to have caught everyone on the hop. According to figures released by the Semiconductor Industry Association, the global semiconductor industry is operating at
The World Food Programme, a UN organisation, is implementing Chevin’s fleet management system in all of the 82 countries the WFP operates in
A few weeks ago, I highlighted the problem Nissan was facing in obtaining supplies of key components because of a shortage of computer chips (Chips are a supply chain issue, 19th July).
SAP users are a feisty bunch – last week castigating the giant software house for tardiness in bringing to market a software-as-a-service offering.
It’s a real cliché – describing the customer as king. But expressions become clichés precisely because they describe widely held views.
