For the last few posts, we have been mostly discussing what to do in order to prevent potentially career limiting supply disasters. Now, what if you just didn’t have enough…
Let’s not beat around the bush: No competent company actually innovates for the sake of innovating. What people are really afraid of nowadays is innovation that doesn’t actually deliver! Imagine,…
In the previous blog, we touched upon SaaS as one option you can choose to innovate your current supply chain process. However, it’s often said that one of the benefits…
Have you ever really thought about how much data and information is really required to run your supply chain? That’s not simply collecting and analysing today’s information, but also including…
One of the challenges posed by technological disruption is that the risk of false alarms. The logic is that not every gizmo or doodad can really be so groundbreaking. This…
“Robots will kill jobs!” “Think of our families, the children!” “Oh, the humanity!” At first glance, the brouhaha over the rise of robots in our supply chains, including manufacturing is…
Gaining customer loyalty is a neat marketing trick. It ensures that you have found your niche and a base of customers that you can always rely on as a revenue…
All around the world, people clamor for more humanity and compassion in business. But oftentimes, humanity is confused with sentiment and this confusion leads them to an unhealthy attachment to…
We have recently seen a number of banking sector boards admit to receiving no customer information at board level. So there is no precedent set in those organisations with respect…
For many years now, our supply chains have been recognized as a source of strategic, competitive advantage. That is, to effectively deal with our competitors businesses should instinctively engage in…