2007 Award of Green Supply Chains Celebration
Green Supply Chains Award 2007 – and the winner is …. Eastman Kodak! Mainstream corporations are really “Going Green”. And if you need more proof, it has just been announced that Kodak Eastman has won the highly coveted Green Supply Chains award 2007. There were 5 finalists in the newest and most interesting category – […]
5 Steps to a Green Supply Chain in 2021
Father of Modern Supply Chains unleashes another world first: “Green Supply Chains – A CEO’s handbook” As the world leaders from more than 160 countries come together in Bali this week to do something tangible and positive about the climate change, the business is increasingly feeling the pressure to make a significant contribution. Green Supply […]
How Organizational Silos Can Ruin Your Supply Chain
Organizational Silos in Supply Chain Organizational silos are based on the division of labor, on organizing the labor in such a way that each individual specialized in what he/she knows best, so that it can all be integrated in such a manner that a cohesive whole which is created in the result is much better […]
Globalisation – Big Solution That We Need for Today’s Big Problems
About Globalisation No matter which country you look at today – you see big problems. Emerging problems are currently grappling with massive monetary expansionism triggered by a need to keep currency stability in face of periodic bouts of Quantitative Easings. Learn More About Globalisation For example see the article “Rajan Warns of Policy Breakdown as Emerging […]
Supply Chain Segmentation – The Next Step in Delivering What you Promise in Digital Marketing
Trust & Care – Two Hallmarks of Supply Chain Segmentation Supply Chain Segmentation Drives Today’s Digital Marketing – This is how I explained the situation to a group of a senior executives of the company I was consulting to recently. The profitability was falling, and customers were abandoning the company (I cannot go into too […]
The Rare Art Supply Chain of Getting Rapid Results
Rare Art Supply Chain I was in a meeting with one of my clients who was one of the top 3 executives in a large company, and he was telling me his experience from a recent corporate retreat, where 24 of their top managers had gone in for a strategic planning session for three days […]
How To Find a Supply Chain Job
Supply Chain Job This blog post is relatively small and simple. Yet, as you will see, it is of immense use to anyone in today’s world. I do not want to make it any more complicated than necessary. My friend Tony has a recession proof career. No matter what happens to the economy, or to […]
How to Increase Profits – Address The Confusions In Your Company
Five Confusions in Your Company Could Wipe Out the Entire Profit for the Year There is no doubt that confusion results in loss of action. Because clarity is the basis of all actions. Clarity gives you confidence and confidence results in action. Imagine a scenario where you need to make a decision and, in order […]
Fire-Aim-Ready Innovation (FAR) – For Efficient Product Development
For Efficient Product Development This article is an extract from The Five Star Business Network, written by Vivek Sood “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011), Business Week, May 25 1998 “In […]