Feb 13, 2012
In recent posts, we’ve talked about the challenges of driving sustainability across supply chains. To the uninitiated, it seems as if this is an easy decision, as it’s simply the…
Feb 9, 2012
I had an interesting discussion with Stephen Hall from the Procurement Leaders Group this morning. Stephen is putting together a feature for Procurement Leaders Magazine on ‘The End of the…
Feb 1, 2012
A recent article in business insider portends bad news for marketing folks. Procter and Gamble’s prodigious CEO, Robert McDonald, announced that he is going to lay off 1600 marketing people…
In a recent white paper published in October 2010, Jim Rice from MIT argues that there is a potential crisis for supply chain talent brewing. A speaker from a large…
Jan 27, 2012
The inauspicious UNSPSC (United Nations) code began as a historical marriage between the UN code set and a code set with a commercial concern (Dunn & Bradstreet). The focus initially…
An article written today by Ben Cook quotes a recent email by Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO: “Every year we inspect more factories, raising the bar for our partners and going…
Jan 26, 2012
2011 marks the seventh year of AMR’s annual Supply Chain Top 25 report. The goal of AMR’s research has always been to raise awareness of the supply chain discipline and…
Jan 22, 2012
Today’s article in the New York Times on Apple’s outsourcing of its global supply chain to Asia provides yet more insights into what has been a very secretive supply chain…
Jan 20, 2012
Many people are quick to point to the AMR Top 25 supply chains as the benchmark for supply chain excellence. In my mind, the real test of how “world-class” a…
Jan 18, 2012
For several years, we have been extolling the importance of Labor and Human Rights violations as a critical component of sustainable supply chains. In a previous post, we also identified…