Emerging Issues in Supply Chain

Jun 29, 2014

Structuring Relationships With Suppliers Who Are Also Customers

As organizations go about building supplier relationships using segmentation approaches, several of the companies I’ve met with are also thinking about how to structure such relationships when their supplier also… 

Apr 18, 2014

Real Estate: A Massive Working Capital Opportunity in Organizational Supply Chains

I recently had the opportunity to interview a group of individuals who work for a large life sciences company in their facilities management group.  Like many such groups, Facilities are… 

Apr 10, 2014

Leadership Commitment to Strategic Suppliers Makes a Big Difference

I visited a Canadian oil and gas company this week, and participated in their first annual Supplier Day.  The forum was an opportunity to share insights on the oil and… 

Feb 21, 2014

What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? Guest Post by Arun Gupta, PhD

Arun Gupta recently went to a conference of the TPP in Washington, and was invited to share some insights on his visit and what he learned in a guest blog.… 

Dec 16, 2013

Handfield's Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

2013 has certainly been an interesting year!   I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives… 

Dec 14, 2013

Future Procurement Capabilities: Supply Managers Need to Think like CFO's

In this first of a series of blogs, I will be exploring many of the key themes that emerged in the recent Future of Procurement study I co-authored with KPMG’s…