The Supply Chain Dialogues - Podcast
Ep. 08: Significantly optimising cash flow by changing the focus - Part One - Inventory
This marks the beginning of a three-part mini-series on cash flow optimisation. The series argues that while finance must report on cash flow, operations should own the metrics. Part One is about Inventory. 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.