With 2010 fully under way and the two years of world-wide recession hopefully in the rear-view mirror, ideas on how to approach the improving supply chain landscape abound. Here are a couple of lunch links with some food for thought:
Honest Communication
In an interview with Supply Chain Digest, Ann Drake, the CEO of DSC Logistics, a leading [...]
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In the previous installments, we’ve looked at how you can prepare for an upswing in your business by evaluating your partners and the people who work for you. Make no mistkaes, those are two very important pillars in the process, but I think you also need to validate that you have the right information technology, physical [...]
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In the previous installment, we focused on getting your business ready to handle growth as the economy starts to rebound by investing time and resources with your strategic partners.
In this installment, we’re going to focus on the most important resource you have: your own employees.
A Growing Future
If you are like most businesses these days, you are [...]
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The last 18-24 months have drawn our collective attention to financial turmoil, economic loss and growing unemployment around most regions of the world.
Your own organization has likely trimmed inventory levels to meet the new demand realities; purged your “redundant” personnel and attempted to pare back debt requirements within your company. But are you prepared for [...]
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In the previous installment I discussed the revolution and changes that e-catalogues have under gone in the last few years as well as the benefits and advantages of Hosted Catalogues. In this installment, I would like to discuss Punch Out Catalogues or Round Trips as they’re called.
With Punch-Out Catalogues, the data and catalogue administration is [...]
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