The Value of Collaborating with Strange Bedfellows
There can be significant value and strategic advantage created in collaborating with unlikely partners if there are clear objectives, trust and an open mind.
How Resilient Are Your Business Partners?
As we kick off our new series “The Resilient Supply Chain”, we are thinking about resiliency from all angles that will impact success. One of the first that pops to mind is the resilience of your business partners.
The Resilient Supply Chain: Vendors or Partners?
Do you view your suppliers as vendors or partners? And who are you hiring to manage these relationships?
The Resilient Supply Chain: Do You Have Resilient Employees?
It is important to nurture resilient employees to ensure a more robust and adaptable supply chain.
When is it the ‘Right’ Time for a Supply Chain Network Assessment?
Supply Chain networks that are not set up to support scalable, profitable growth have a high likelihood of negatively impacting your customers, impeding your growth and consuming far more resources than ever imagined to sustain.
Gaining New Ideas to Increase Business Value
There is no doubt that the most successful executives utilize all of these techniques to make sure they generate a seemingly never-ending stream of ideas to increase the value of their business. Will you set aside time on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to priorities these activities?
Conflict & Collaboration in the Supply Chain
Have you thought about the role of conflict and collaboration in the supply chain? When thinking of supply chain from creation to customer, there are many links and connections.
Collaboration in the Supply Chain
Are you taking a hard look at your collaborations and partners?
The Customer Experience
Insight into the modern business world shaped by diverse and evolving customer experience strategies.
Big Grocery Chains Ramping Up Pressure on Food Suppliers
If you are not high performing in the food and beverage industry (and consumer products in general), you will not stay viable anymore.