The kind your CEO appreciates The Conference Board’s CEO global outlook study for 2024 includes the following top high focus, internal issues: Attract and retain talent, Accelerate pace of digital transformation, Enhance product and service innovation, Improve customer experience, Reduce costs, Upskill and reskill talent Luckily, supply chains integrate each element listed above. But only… Read More

Competency is king. Did you know a majority of those in leadership believe their workforce doesn’t have the supply chain skills needed for today’s rapidly changing economy and its technical needs? On the other hand, employees are frustrated that available supply chain training isn’t as robust or advanced as they want. The kind of training… Read More

… 12 integrations (It’s officially the last Day of Christmas – Jan 5)   I started as a manufacturing engineer designing assembly lines, inventory flows, and machinery to make or test product, automating the factory to increase global competitiveness, and working with amazing people producing quality product. Manufacturing was the supply chain (although the phrase… Read More

… 11 Planners planning (BTW: the 12th Day of Christmas is Jan 5)   With all the change going on, you might think taking the time to plan makes your supply chains too slow. That would be an incorrect thought. Without planning, everyone gets to set their own path – not an easy or effective… Read More

… 10 loads of data (The 12 Days of Christmas officially end on Jan 5 every year)   You’re swimming in data from your supply chain. But can you trust it to not be a trojan horse sneaking in bad actors without your or the sender’s knowledge? These 10 data points should help you immensely… Read More

… 9 regulations (BTW: for those unfamiliar with the 12 Days of Christmas – they end on Jan. 5)   You’ve heard both angst and excitement over sustainability disclosures for the past year. But what is the basis for all the discussion? As with everything at its start, there is much to be confused about…. Read More

… 8 confidence builders Business etiquette Seems to be lost art, yet everyone yearns for it. Here are 8 ways you can bring it back into your professional life and improve the moral of your company employees at the same time. You don’t even have to be in management or leadership to do these simple… Read More

… 7 suppliers sinking A report by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) found that organizations that reported more than 20 supply chains disruptions in a year jumped by a staggering 500% in 2020. And that was in the past. Today, disruption is a constant. To prevent all the great solutions your supply chain professionals put… Read More

… geese a laying Not just any geese; the geese that lay the golden eggs. Unfortunately, too often we squash the eggs in our handling of our supply chains. Maybe not intentionally, but let’s take a quick look at 6 areas where some of your golden geese can be found that may be getting squashed:… Read More

…5 gold returns “Thar’s gold in them thar hills” The saying is part of my US heritage. But are the hills still made of gold, or should we look at gold another way? Grass AF GmbH helps by posing this question to you: Which yields more gold? a gold mine with moderate yield? or a… Read More