… 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

…4 financial requirements Country regulations around financial disclosure for business sustainability in climate disclosures is spreading fast. In fact, U.S. states, like California, are passing legislation ahead of federal legislation. The EU leads the world and has put business on notice that practice time is up. A lot of required disclosure data comes from your… Read More

…3 calling customers And the calls weren’t so great. 1st call from management: Why the increase in customer complaints? Thirty percent of U.S. online customers told Forrester that they plan to do more in-store holiday shopping this year. At the same time, Forbes reports that 1 in 3 customers found it difficult to get help… Read More

On the 2nd Day of Christmas, my supply chain gave to me… … 2 supply chain trends It’s been a whirl wind of a ride in 2023 (I’m hearing promises of calm – but not until 2025). With all that’s going on, two different, but interconnected trends are present that will have huge and continuing… Read More

What’s in development you should know about I had the opportunity to meet with a high performing group of supply chain experts last week. During the meeting, when discussing advanced tech and its capability to enable higher supply chain performance (resulting in higher top line growth as customers choose your ability to meet their requirements),… Read More

Your Board of Directors wants to know AI’s recent and rapid expansion into all parts of the supply chain greatly expands our ability to grab new data from places you’ve never been able to grab data from before. Often, the above is due to lack of time and not having knowledge of the existence of… Read More

Tips for supply chain survival in a tight cash flow environment I’m seeing growing industry fear that cash is going to stop flowing as needed. Fear is playing out in many forms. Not all nice, but definitely all focused on keeping more cash in-house. Here are some examples: Example 1: A business supplier for cycle… Read More