Monday, February 20, 2012
For a Supply Chain Risk Management program to be effective it must be embedded within your sourcing process.Blogs • Management • Supply Chain Management • Risk • Permalink
Friday, February 10, 2012
All too often, after a long and productive sourcing initiative, the team celebrates success when the new contract is finalized. The best efforts don’t end there.Blogs • Procurement • Supply Chain Management • Sourcing • Permalink
Saturday, February 04, 2012
I am honored to be asked to join the esteemed bloggers at Supply Chain Management Review. Each month, I will be blogging about China logistics and Chinese imports.Blogs • Global Trade • Supply Chain Management • China • Permalink
Monday, January 30, 2012
A simple and powerful best practice is to obtain stakeholder signoff regarding the sourcing strategy as well as the methodology for calculating results.Blogs • Supply Chain Management • Sourcing • Risk • Permalink
Monday, January 23, 2012
One of the important design choices in building a credible cost reduction tracking system is what should we measure our cost reductions against. There are some basic choices.Blogs • Management • Supply Chain • Finance • Permalink
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The importance of relevance to the P and L Statement cannot be overstated.Blogs • Management • Finance • Supply Chain Management • Permalink
Monday, January 09, 2012
Perhaps the single most important distinction you need to make is to separate cost reduction from cost avoidance.Blogs • Procurement • Management • Supply Chain • Permalink
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Supply Chain dollars are often viewed as being very different than REAL dollars.Blogs • Procurement • Supply Chain • Supply Chain Management • Permalink
Friday, December 23, 2011
It’s the end of the year—the traditional time to take a look back and a look ahead. From both points of view, I have a great deal of optimism for supply chain management and the supply chain professionBlogs • Management • Supply Chain • Supply Chain Management • Permalink
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Good programs are not “one size fits all.” Every company has multiple supply chains, multiple products and customers, each with their own individual needs and risk profiles.Blogs • Global Trade • Supply Chain Management • Export • Permalink
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The current system is based on two different control lists, administered by two different departments, and three different primary licensing agenciesBlogs • Global Trade • Exports • Supply Chain Management Review • Permalink
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Companies often are unaware of the fact that their products or technologies are controlledBlogs • Management • Supply Chain • Exports • Permalink
Monday, December 19, 2011
The export process has many more unknowns and requires greater strategic planningBlogs • Global • Supply Chain Management • Exports • Permalink
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Many companies mistakenly believe that U.S. export control laws apply only to military items. Not so.Blogs • Supply Chain • Supply Chain Management • Exports • Permalink
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The current export control system is administered by two different departments, three different primary licensing agencies with differing policies, all operating under two different control lists, with fundamentally different approaches to defining controlled products.Blogs • Management • Supply Chain • Supply Chain Management • Permalink

