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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

Commercial and operating teams in manufacturing organizations greater than 5B$ in annual revenue were more aligned in 2007, at the beginning of the recession, than in 2020, the start of the pandemic. Belief in efficient procurement. Investment in indirect procurement hi-jacked investment in building value networks. Mistake #5.

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Two Automakers Make Senior Supply Chain and Procurement Executive Leadership Changes

Supply Chain Matters

Stellantis Senior Procurement Leadership Change. According to a Stellantis press release, Martin Hornneck, who headed procurement and supply chain for North America since 2020 “ has announced his decision to retire.”. Vitous was most recently Vice President of Supply Chain Management and started with the company in 1998.

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Three Ways Procurement Can Drive Sustainability Through the Supply Chain

SupplyShift

SupplyShift takes a look at three ways that supply chain professionals can drive sustainability through procurement practices. By 2030, projections suggest that the market for sustainable products will be worth a staggering $12 trillion a year. What do we mean by “sustainable procurement practices?”

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Three Ways Procurement Can Drive Sustainability Through the Supply Chain

SupplyShift

SupplyShift takes a look at three ways that supply chain professionals can drive sustainability through procurement practices. By 2030, projections suggest that the market for sustainable products will be worth a staggering $12 trillion a year. What do we mean by “sustainable procurement practices?”.

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sust[AI]nability

Enterra Insights

billion over the next five years as part of its long-term goal to cut in half its emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.”[5] Danone, in February 2020, announced plans “to invest $2.18 Everything from procurement, to production, to logistics can be improved using artificial intelligence. Footnotes. [1]

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

This past Monday marked the first normal Boston Marathon since 2019, as the 2020 marathon was canceled due to the Covid pandemic, and the 2021 marathon was shifted to October with a smaller field. This is a full five years ahead of the original target of 2030. And what a race it was. GW to 10.4