This was the headline from one of the most respected consulting companies in the world (McKinsey) “A new era for procurement: Value creation across the supply chain” and I must admit it caught me by surprise. Surprise because I thought we had moved way beyond talking about…
I just spoke to a senior executive of an existing client who I’ve Zoomed (yup – it’s a verb too) with many a time but finally met in person a couple of weeks ago. It does make Zooming better if you’ve at least met the person once 😊. …
We were invited to a Supplier summit (report next time) hosted by a F25 client and heard some remarks from the head of their operations (just for understanding scale his group handles 52 million interactions with members/customers a month!!!!!!). He made an interesting comment that he expects ALL…
Simple one-word answer: Hardly. All you have to do is take a look at China and the impacts of COVID that they are still reeling from and will continue to do so for years to come. That’s no longer conjecture but reality. Therefore, we need to have permanent…
I’m not trying to be alarmist but it’s hard not to be when you look at some of the scary headlines. I’m sure you’ve been watching the headlines scream about how the world is about to end and mankind (personkind?) is ignoring all the perils. And no, I’m…
