The Supply Chain Dialogues - Podcast
Ep. 07: Implementing 21st-century supply chain - now
The highly improbable event coined ”black swan”, described in the 2007 bestseller of options trader and statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb, became a herd animal that shows its black feathers in spades. We have to learn and adapt to modern global supply chains - now. AI-mee and Daniel talk about the background, the opportunities, and how to change.Enjoy!
Ep. 06: Is operations outsourcing still a viable option today?
Outsourcing, spin-offs, in-sourcing, reshoring, re-vitalising operations - what is the best approach towards improving customer satisfaction and the triple-bottom-line? For 30 years the answer of most boards when competitive pressure was ramping up, was either a spin-off or outsourcing to other continents. While there can be good reasons for spinning off or outsourcing parts or full operations, in the 21st century we should be relentless in assessing our tool box. Rather than grabbing the most used, shiny tool, we should understand the opportunity in our company first more thoroughly. This blog post gives this topic a bit of a spin…enjoy.
Ep. 05: Procurement - on ‘steroids’ or: improving margins - for real
The times when strategic sourcing was solely a procurement function topic, with the main focus on cost and supply base management, are long gone.
Today, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters or disruptions are happening far too often for a cost-based, multi-layered value chain.
While the issues getting more and more complex, and the speed of change is dizzying, our internal corporate coping mechanisms often stay as simple and inadequate as 20-30 years before.
So, what needs to change?