Supply chain agility: the new superpower
Evolution from back office activity to board room Supply chain management has evolved dramatically in the last four decades. Figure 1 shows the evolution of procurement and what is now called supply chain optimization from the 90s to today (mid-2020s), based on the author’s personal experiences consulting to a wide range of industries across several […]
Is “tail spend” a distinct category in business spending?
The automated tail spend category is defined by how you buy A Automated category strategy focuses on a group of suppliers who can be managed within a common strategic framework to exploit competitive tension or synergies in the marketplace.By contrast, tail spend is a mixed lot of suppliers who have little in common, and there […]
Finding safe harbor in the supply chain
Covid impact on market performance and market risk up and down the supply chain Executive Summary COVID North American supply chains experienced significant disruptions in 2020-21. We have determined that where a company sits in the supply chain—being upstream, downstream, or on the sidelines—does have less-than-obvious impact on stock performance and risk. Two preliminary major findings […]