Supply Chain

Globalization has been a popular term in the business world within the last few decades. A word that started to pick up around the 1980s, globalization is the process in which businesses and/or organizations operate on a international scale and develop influence based on this. With technology developing at an increasing rate, it is becoming easier and easier for businesses to […]

Customers are more aware and educated today than ever. They have set expectations of products, services and the overall experience. In this day and age, no doubt that customer centricity is driving business strategies. As a result, supply chain operations need to evolve as well, to a more Customer Centric Supply Chain. As the name […]

In this blog series, we look at the Top 3 Supply Chains of 2017 as ranked by Gartner. In Part 1 and 2, we talked about 3rd and 2nd place: Inditex (Zara) and McDonald’s respectively. In this last post of the series, we will introduce the winner crowned as the Top Supply Chain of 2017: Unilever. Key to […]

In this 3 part blog series, we look at the Top 3 Supply Chains of 2017 as ranked by Gartner. In the last blog, we talked about Inditex (Zara) which holds the third position. In this post, we will look at the No. 2 Supply Chain of 2017. If you haven’t already guessed it (…from the title and […]

Gartner recently released its list of Top 25 supply chains of 2017. These supply chains are evaluated on many factors like: ROA (Return on Assets), Inventory Turns, and Revenue Growth. In this 3 part blog series, we will take a look at the Top 3 Supply Chains of 2017 and what they are doing right. At […]

With the rapidly changing business climate, supply chains need to be more flexible and reliable. In the past supply chains were labor heavy, but now they are more information intensive. Recent changes have led to the automation of supply chains due to three main benefits: Reduce costs Increase sustainability of products Increase rate of flow […]