Lego, Ikea and Disney consulting
Just as the ongoing digitalization is dramatically altering the face of business life around the world, so too is the need for strategic advice changing. I recently heard from a supply chain director at a …
Blogs
Supply Chain 4.0: Adidas and Amazon re-write the rules
In an amazing twist, technology is rendering the old fundamentals of supply chain management obsolete. In Russia, Adidas increased sales in Moscow by double digits in 24 hours, thanks to a supply chain initiative. At …
The Wheel of Five for Supply Chain Management
Recently, one of my customers stated that ‘the total supply chain inventory says as much about the health of a company as weight says about the health of a person’. If you look at it …
Western passion
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion,” is one of the many pertinent quotes by Simon Sinek, the renowned author and popular …
‘Pee contracts’ are not the way to go
‘Pee contract’ (plascontract in Dutch) just missed out on being crowned Dutch ‘Word of the Year’ in 2016. Pee contract. Maybe you heard about it? The Dutch called it a disgrace. There was a written …
IT gap in logistics
Are logistics service providers really moving with the times when it comes to IT? I sometimes wonder. But the gaping void between what logistics service providers offer in terms of IT expertise and what clients …
S&OP football season
Companies can learn a lot from football, including from the point of view of sales & operations planning (S&OP). When giving presentations, I often illustrate the company structure as a ‘football formation’: marketing, sales and …
To the buttons
Companies in the supply chain are becoming more and more dependent on third parties. They outsource more and more production to contract companies. At Apple, it has gone so far that the entire supply chain …
Logistics Money Providers
Getting logistics service providers and shipping companies to work well together continues to be an issue. Last year, Lenny Visser wrote her thesis on this very topic whilst finishing her studies at Tilburg University. “The …
The supply chain benchmarking World Cup
It has taken most people (the sensible ones) only a few days to get over the result of the World Cup final and at least we can say we made it to the top of …
