Are internal suppliers good suppliers? A few years ago, I had just joined a renowned international high-tech company as Supply Chain Director. I’d come from an automotive supplier, where I’d developed habits of customer/supplier relations that were, shall we say, frank and direct, and sometimes a little rough. When things weren’t going well, we said … Read more
Will you succumb to the new glamour? Despite decades of new practices and increasingly powerful IT systems, are you still mired in shortages, emergencies, excess stock and a plethora of Excel files? If this is your case, the solution may lie in the latest fashionable revolution, the new school of thought, the new algorithm that … Read more
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The merry-go-round In thirty years of responsibilities in major industrial groups and ten years as a consultant, I’ve seen a lot of managerial changes! That said, I understand – I myself have rarely stayed in the same role for more than four years. Mea culpa. This turnover is natural in companies of a certain size … Read more
