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APQC's New Voice of Supply Chain
APQC has a new supply chain management research principal lead, Joe Tillman, and I had the pleasure of recently speaking with him. In his new role, Joe will be the voice for supply chain research, benchmarking, and process improvement. Joe has a keen interest in all things supply chain and uses…
How to Prevent a Supply Chain Fire
Supply Chain Managers are often faced with several issues that they must deal with to ensure a healthy supply chain and minimize the number of fires that arise and the number that have to be put out. Yesterday, September 9th was Fire Prevention Day. In honor of this special day, I would like to…
How to Slay Your Supply Chain Monster
Is your organization strategizing the best way to slay your supply chain monster? Your monster may be figuring out your processes, or it could be benchmarking your processes (these are the two I hear most often from organizations). Today, I am going to focus on the benchmarking monster.…
How to Not Screw Up A Supply Chain Redesign
APQC recently spoke with Murillo Xavier, one of HP’s most acclaimed supply chain strategists and author of Strategic Sourcing- Suppliers are from Mars, Customers are from Venus. During a recent interview Xavier discusses how market leaders are redesigning their supply chains in this…
Off the Chain: Supply Chain Integration Builds Trust, So Do It
The idea of organizations working closely with their suppliers to create mutually beneficial change is one APQC often talks about. These close relationships have the potential to yield benefits greater than just lower cost or a reliable source for materials. For example, organizations that…
How to Attract and Keep Supply Chain Talent
We’ve written a lot on this blog about how organizations are looking to attract supply chain professionals to offset impending retirements. We’ve also written a lot about what supply chain professionals are looking for in an employer. To put it all in perspective, APQC has created a series of…
Off the Chain: Supply Chain Content You Can Use (June 2016)
LET'S TALK PROCURE-TO-PAY Are you struggling to improve your organization’s procure-to-pay process? Is your procure-to-pay cycle time not as fast as it should be? Let me begin by saying that these are valid concerns and you are not alone. Over the past couple of years, organizations have…
Oil and Gas Crisis Requires Effective Collaboration for Supply Chain Transformation
The topic that is on most people’s minds in the oil and gas industry is the fact that crude oil went from $120 a barrel to under $50 a barrel. The drop in gas prices may have some excited when they go to fill up their cars at the gas tank, but has many concerned about what the industry’s future…
Internet of Things (IoT) Changing the Game in Supply Chain
The evolving “Internet of Things” (IoT) is bringing about a new level of interconnectivity among devices, people, and organizations. The acceleration of IT interconnectivity in the supply chain function also creates potential risks if organizations do not ensure that they are making the right…
Off the Chain: Supply Chain Content You Can Use (May 2016)
This month APQC’s supply chain management research team is kicking off a regular blog series called Off the Chain. In each post we’ll highlight trending content from APQC’s Knowledge Base that we think you’ll love. This month we focus on process and performance…