... have made, whether elsewhere in the corporate world or with MOOCs. According to survey data collected by SCM World from almost 3000 respondents between 2011 and 2013, supply chain talent is a persistent problem. On average, companies spend just over 3% of fully loaded personnel costs on external training ...
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... renowned white rapper, Eminem. I have found that South Africans are among the most candid people I’ve ever encountered in discussions about race. It may be because the history is so strained as to demand truth. Could Detroit have some of the same dynamic? I’d like to think so. (3) SCM – Detroit created global ...
... the vanguard of these social positions and it is encouraging to see this work elevated to a corporate level. Private discussions I have been in with some supply chain leaders regarding the discontinuation of sourcing from China due to its use of forced labor in the western province of Xinjiang. Rise and ...
... depth analysis of global trade that focused on the apparent de-coupling of merchandise export growth from overall GDP growth. Its message in part was that we should worry that this decoupling means the engine of growth is no longer driving the world economy forward. I see it differently. Regional supply ...
... on labour arbitrage? Social justice cuts two ways, with losers both among the exploited in Bangladesh and the displaced in Britain. Shoppers are also voters and they may understand this better than we think. Back to the Shire The transition would take a generation, but Britain could end up looking smart ...
... supply chain networks, some of the reasons, and their rankings, may surprise you. No. 3 SUSTAINABILITY — Surprise! If I were a skeptic — and I am — I would want to know when the survey was taken and the geographic breakdown. The answer to the first question is April 19 through June 2. The answer to the ...
... these shoppers compared to 16% for Walmart and 3% for Target. Traditional retail therefore got pounded this year, and along with it old-school, mall-based shopping. So far, so obvious. But the changes run deeper and, as with the impact of Ford, it’s not just about direct competition. Suppliers upstream ...
... customer demand. Each also benefits from fast advancing communication and analytical tools that allow them to better serve the customer. Nurses with iPads, accountants with laptops and theme parks enabled with RFID all offer a more empowered human employee to help customers. Even retail, which employs ...
... collapse of Lehman Brothers. That was bad enough for any business, but especially bad for TomTom, which just before the crash had paid three billion Euros for a mapping company called Tele Atlas and was now loaded with debt. Worse, Apple shortly thereafter released the iPhone 3 and Google entered the mapping ...