UK-based Peter Smith, Managing Director at Procurement Excellence Ltd. reports that “unfortunately, my invite to this week’s World Economic Forum from Obama, Bill, and my other billionaire / political leader friends did not materialise.” But he did get invited to tune in virtually to a panel discussion held at Davos with Yunus Social Business (YSB), […]
First-hand Report on Social Procurement Talks at Davos Read More »
Ecovadis – global leader in sustainability ratings and enterprise solutions, sponsors of Smart Procurement World’s first Sustainability Summit Africa in 2022, as well as the next event on 10 May 2023 – provides this reality check on the biodiversity crisis that affects all businesses and urgently requires their decision to be part of the solution.
Private Sector Action on Biodiversity Critically Needed Read More »
Michael Hugos, Co-Founder of SCM Globe in Chicago, provides fascinating insight into his company’s efforts to build and simulate supply chain models to understand the Russian logistics supporting their invasion of Ukraine. The author currently works with US Air Force instructors to integrate supply chain simulations into logistics training courses. There is an old saying
Simulating Russian Army Supply Chains in Ukraine Read More »
The conflict in Ukraine is piling further pressure on already stretched global supply chains. Phoenix, USA-based technology writer, Gary Wollenhaupt, discusses here how increased risks and issues can be mitigated. Behind the tragedy unfolding in the city streets and fields of Ukraine as the country comes under attack from Russia, the very concept of a
Ukraine War Further Disrupts Global Supply Chains Read More »
By Kevin Sample, Senior Consultant at healthcare supply chain firm GHX As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the spotlight is once again on the healthcare supply chain The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has once again put the global healthcare supply chain under the magnifying glass. As inoculation programmes are established, the demand for full
How a data-enabled supply chain can help the vaccine rollout Read More »
By Dr Ambrish Kumar, Founder, LogYcode Tech Solutions The COVID-19 outbreak that engulfed nations across the globe is forcing governments, national and international authorities to take unprecedented measures, such as the lockdown of cities and the restriction of people’s movement to check and control the spread of the pandemic. This, consequently, affected global trade and
COVID-19: a run-down of the effects of the pandemic on logistics and supply chains Read More »
By Steve Banker, Vice President: SCM, ARC Advisory Group One of the good things that comes out of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, is the Global Risks Report. Produced by the WEF, the report serves as a centrepiece for the themes addressed at the Davos event. The report includes a
Which global risks are increasing in 2020? Read More »
Call it ‘purchasing’, ‘procurement’, ‘supply management’ or ‘sourcing’, the role of procurement within organisations is changing significantly. Purchasing departments are, at last, moving from reactive to proactive, responding to management’s demand that they add value to an enterprise rather than retain their traditional role as cost centre. Consequently, the procurement manager of today needs to
Skills and characteristics of a successful global procurement manager Read More »
“What business strategy is all about is, in a word, competitive advantage. The sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable a company to gain, as efficiently as possible, a sustainable edge over its competitors. Corporate strategy thus implies an attempt to alter a company’s strength relative to that of its competitors in the most
Logistics: an opportunity for competitive advantage Read More »
CPO of VSP Global Greg Tennyson leads transformative change. He is the former VP and CPO (source-to-settle and expense-to-settle) at Salesforce and Oracle. Greg sat down with ScoutRFP to discuss sourcing’s ever-evolving relationship with business – he talks culture, Moolah (the spend-it-like-its-yours monster) and how CPOs can work with the pace of change at an organisation
Changing behaviours in sourcing – Q&A with Salesforce and Oracle’s former CPO Read More »
