Business is picking up as the global recession, while certainly not gone, recedes a little bit. Here are some lunch links for you:
Think Best in Market, Not World Class, in Developing Markets, Walmart’s Gary Maxwell Says
When trying to penetrate developing and emerging markets, think “Best in Market,” not “World Class.”
That was a key component of the message from Gary Maxwell, Walmart’s Sr. Vice President of International Supply Chain, the Day 1 keynote speaker at last week’s CSCMP annual conference in Chicago.
Supply Chain at the Core
Dan Gilmore of Supply Chain Digest says you should be careful about what you say on airplanes.
Gilmore was returning from an event in Bentonville, AR – home to Walmart – and sat next to a corporate executive of a $2 billion plus consumer goods company. What insight did he gain about the markets are changing? Are supply chains stronger or weaker because of the recession?
HSBC Trade Confidence Index points to green shoots of recovery
Procurement Leaders.com reports that new research reveals that there are strong signs of growing confidence in the state of global trade, indicating that exporters and importers might be seeing the start of an economic recovery.
The HSBC Trade Confidence Index, which surveyed over 3,500 small and mid-market businesses (SMEs and MMEs) in 12 major global markets, showed an overall positive outlook with an average global reading of 110 on a scale of 0 to 200, with 100 as a neutral reading.
Is Confidence Growing in the Economy?
16th Annual Survey of Third-Party Logistics Provider CEOs Released at CSCMP09
Jeff Ashcroft of Supply Chain Network talks about the key findings from the “2009 3PL Provider CEO Perspective” survey. The findings are being presented at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Global Conference by survey author, Dr. Robert Lieb, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Northeastern University and Joe Gallick, Senior Vice President of Sales for Penske Logistics.
The findings, sponsored by Penske Logistics, analyze responses from 35 third-party logistics company CEOs across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific whose companies were responsible for generating approximately $64 billion in revenue in 2008.
