Supply chain professionals face obstacles on a daily basis. Some of these obstacles are just part of providing value to the enterprise while balancing relationships with suppliers. Other obstacles are much more painful because, with the right effort, they can be overcome.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, APQC has pulled together the top five heartbreaks in supply chain management.
How can supply chain professionals get over these heartbreaks? APQC’s research has found ways to get supply chains on their way to a full recovery.
- Tackling the Supply Chain Talent Gap discusses results from an APQC survey on talent acquisition and management in the supply chain.
- Managing IT Risk in the Supply Chain: Survey Summary Report looks at what supply chain organizations are doing (and not doing) to address IT risk.
- The Value of Supplier Category Management presents how organizations have created closer relationships with suppliers that have yielded significant benefits.
- Innovation in the Supply Chain presents how organizations can use innovation to make lasting improvements in their supply chain operations.
- A Rapid Response to Changing Market Conditions Requires Investment looks at how organizations are ensuring that they can quickly adapt to changes in the market.
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