Feb 3, 2016
The focus on corporate sustainability often calls for companies to increase transparency in all aspects of an organization’s operations, and much more so in the supply chain. Apparel and electronics companies that…
Jan 26, 2016
The concept of “Collaboration” has been getting a lot of grief lately. For instance, recent articles in the Harvard Business Review and the Economist emphasize that collaboration has reached the…
Jan 21, 2016
I spent the last two days meeting with members of the Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing team at Nike, in Beaverton, Oregon. Nike has developed a partnership with NC State’s…
The current environment we find ourselves in is indeed perilous. As the stock market continues to spin up and down in a volatile fashion, brokers and Wall Street types are…
Jan 15, 2016
An article published in the Wall Street Journal identifies what I have been saying for years now….Supply chain talent is a hot commodity! Many of the skills that we’ve identified in…
Jan 13, 2016
I recently participated in a workshop of oil and gas leaders in Calgary Alberta. With the announcement of $30/bbl oil, the long-term view of the oil and gas industry is…
Dec 28, 2015
If there’s anything we’ve learned in the last year, it’s that prediction is not only much more difficult than it looks, but also that the volatility and uncertainty in the global supply…
Dec 27, 2015
My most recent book co-authored with Gerard Chick, the Procurement Value Proposition, has received some nice accolades recently. The book was listed by Peter Smith of the site Spend Matters…
Dec 15, 2015
I am excited to announce an academic conference being hosted by Professor Eda Kemahlioglu Ziya and myself on sustainable supply chain management strategies in February. This is a follow-on session to…
Dec 9, 2015
The December 2015 SCRC meeting was held this week in the brand spanking new Talley Student Center, and was a resounding success. We had over 200 people attend the student…
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