Cost to Serve Case Study that was Off the Scale! – with Steven Thacker
What are the three things that people get wrong with their supply chains? 1. Focusing on the wrong things 2. Understanding margins in your product 3. Not setting the bar high enough for cost reduction planning With us is Steven Thacker, Rob’s fellow director in...
#1 Supply Chain YouTube Channel
Thank you to Feedspot for voting my Supply Chain YouTube channel #1. Surprising and very humbling. Feedspot has a team of over 25 experts whose goal is to discover and rank popular blogs, podcasts, and youtube channels in several niche categories. With...
Freight Procurement Tips with Trent Morris
WHAT ROLE CAN PROCUREMENT PLAY ON FREIGHT EXPENDITURE? “A better way, in my opinion, of approaching it is to simply define what you actually want them to give you” – Trent Morris Once again our favorite purchasing and procurement consultant, Trent Morris, gives...
What to Focus on First – COST to SERVE – Supply Chain – Logistics
Here’s a brief review on our webinar which mainly tackles the importance of Cost to Serve in the Supply Chain and the understanding of the cost in a detailed level of servicing different types of customers and products. Related articles on this...
Circular Supply Chains with Deborah Dull – Supply Chain Sustainability
Get to know about Circular Supply Chain— the definition, examples and more, especially that Supply Chain sustainability is quite very high on Corporate Agendas around the World. Watch the video below: Editor’s Note: This post was originally...
What are the Different Jobs in Procurement?
We have received a lot of questions regarding the different roles in procurement. Good thing we got a long-time friend and our Supply Chain & Procurement Consultant, TRENT MORRIS, to tell us more about it in the video below!…
Is Your Supply Chain Fit Enough for the Challenge?
Will your Supply Chain overcome the current Coronavirus challenges? There might be opportunities you want to jump into and some things you might have to look at. WE WILL HELP YOU! Watch the video below and together let us outrun the competition! Editor’s Note:...
What’s Your Business Purpose?
I think every Business needs a purpose. There needs to be something 'bigger' than just sales, hitting profit targets or whatever. Does your Business have a purpose? Does it resonate with you? I was recently asked to articulate ours, and stumbled a bit with the...
What is Procure to Pay (P2P) – What is Procurement to Payment?
“PROCURE TO PAY is a PROCESS that can be enable by a SYSTEM” – Trent Morris Watch the full video here to learn more about P2P: Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on July 1, 2020, under the title “What is Procure to Pay (P2P)...
Supply Chain Strategy Guide in 6 Easy Steps – No Excuses
Hello! I spend a lot of time helping companies with their Supply Chain Strategy and this is an outline of the approach I use. I’m always surprised how many businesses don’t have this essential planning document prepared! So here are the SIX easy steps to Supply Chain:...
