Clik here to view.
A Captive Call Option: Walmart Makes a One-Sided Sourcing Deal with Li & Fung
You’ve got to admire Walmart for its procurement chutzpah. Or, (staying with the Yiddish theme for a minute), perhaps Walmart’s been more of a chazar in its approach. A colleague introduced me to this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will a Return to Automotive OEM In-Country Sourcing in the UK Signal...
I won’t ever forget the shot heard round the global-sourcing automotive world when GM told its suppliers that they’d have to meet a “world price” for given parts and components if they were to remain...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China, Mexico and Beyond — The Latest Trends and Savings Percentages in...
The past decade has seen a massive boom and bust on the global sourcing front. Scores of companies moved as much spend offshore as possible only to find that the total costs of doing business with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China, Mexico and Beyond — The Latest Trends and Savings Percentages in...
In the first part of this series of columns looking at the latest in global sourcing trends for 2010, I examined the latest from Mexico and China by sharing a recent Industry Week write-up that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Terrorism and the Supply Chain — Strategies for Coping With a Form of Supply...
Late last week, my hometown of Chicago was once again in the news (and no, this time it was not because we’re sending yet another former politician to jail). Rather my city (and in fact, my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Egypt’s crisis: where social media threatens global outsourcing
Egypt's crisis: The sticky topic of political risk with outsourcing is firmly back on the table Like everyone else, I’ve been glued to the news the past few days trying to comprehend the enormity of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
McKinsey: Getting the Supply Chain of the Future Partially Right (Part 1)
If you’re curious about general high level trends and forecasts in the supply chain that are likely to impact specific procurement and supplier management strategies, it’s worth checking out a recent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Friday Rant: Alibaba — When Forty Thieves Fall in the Forest, Does Anyone Care?
Early this week, Alibaba announced that two of its executives resigned after admitting to participating in the “systemic breakdown” that enabled the company and suppliers to defraud Western buying...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Happens When China, Other Asian Countries Realize Their Export Markets...
If you talk off-the-record with retailers and CPG companies, many of the largest and most respected in global sourcing will note, not for attribution, that they’re quietly investing in alternative...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Re-shoring of Spend — Even Wired is Picking Up On It (Part 1)
I usually read Wired as a form of tech magazine p*rn to stay remotely in touch with innovation — easy on the eyes and almost always superficially enjoyable, if not more. Yet there’s an article in a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Re-shoring of Spend — Even Wired is Picking Up On It (Part 2)
Really? In the first post in this series, I called attention to a surprising piece in Wired (surprising in that it talks about just how mainstream manufacturing re-shoring has become) about the story...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Announcing Commodity Edge — a New Type of Sourcing and Procurement Conference
I’d wager that among Spend Matters readers, I’ve probably attended more procurement and supply chain conferences than most. Yet virtually no events I’ve been to have had a consistent focus on economic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The End of Global Sourcing as We Know It? The MIT/Sloan View (Part 2)
Please click here for the first post in this series. In an article in MIT Sloan Management Review, supply chain academics and experts David Simchi-Levi, James Paul Peruvankal, Narendra Mulani and Bill...
View Article
