Dec 4, 2025
AI in Procurement and Supply Chains This 4.5-hour symposium brought together 26 leading academic and practitioner experts in procurement, supply chain, data analytics, and engineering. The event focused on discussing…
Nov 25, 2025
Thanks to Rajinder Bhandal for sending me this super interesting blog! A key highlight of my teaching last term, as Module Leader has to be on the LUBS2970 Corporate Social…
Feb 24, 2025
Tariffs are likely coming… what should you and your key global suppliers be doing to get ready for it? Last week I sat in on a great panel at the…
Jul 28, 2024
In a recent white paper, my colleagues Dan Finkenstadt and Arnav Jhala wrote about a pilot project we developed for the Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC), which is funded by…
Jan 16, 2024
The Department of Defense released four days ago its inaugural National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS), which is intended to guide the Department’s engagement, policy development, and investment in the industrial…
Sep 19, 2023
The UAW is not on its fourth day of strikes. This is on the back of several profitable years for the Big Three, including an announcement by Stellantis that they…
Apr 18, 2023
Another great guest post from Rajinder Bhandal! Have you heard of “the language of supply chains”? Back in January (2023), I talked about the possibility of applying the five love…
Apr 2, 2023
The term “COE” is often a commonly heard term in supply managers’ vernacular, but it’s interesting to note that Centers of Excellence as an organizational entity have been around for…
Sep 26, 2022
As I alluded to in an earlier post, the scenario of China invading Taiwan, and halting all semiconductor production is highly unlikely, for a number of reasons. First, the Taiwanese…
Sep 23, 2022
We were proud to host a group of 20 contract officers from a number of different US Air Force bases across the country, including Wright-Patterson (Ohio), Hill (Utah), Pope (NC),…
TOP LINKS
