NC State SCRC
DECEMBER 8, 2019
And the fundamental issue is about TIME as a foundational concept for running a company. I identified four options to executives given these uncertainties: Passive Approach – “do nothing”. Wait and See” – make intangible resource commitments. Reactive” – make investments in variable assets. and will operate more efficiently.
NC State SCRC
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Gene Richter is widely known as one of the world’s true procurement gurus, and I was privileged to have known him when he came to speak several times at Michigan State during the 1992-1999 period when I was there. And when I say value, I mean more than just cost savings, or the infamous “purchase price avoidance” metric.
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NC State SCRC
MAY 11, 2020
1] It also means minimizing damage and the time taken to return to a normal state of operations (Sheffi and Rice, 2005). [2] So how do we make sure that in a post-Covid world, we continue to not just optimize and design our supply chains based on lowest cost, but ones that do the least damage and have an ability to flex under pressure?
NC State SCRC
OCTOBER 12, 2016
He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. At that time Carquest went up for sale, and this led to a position at Marsh Furniture. During the boom time Marsh had sales in the triple digit millions. Upon graduation, there simply weren’t any jobs available at all! Today, we are at 5.5M
Supply Chain View from the Field
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
His insights and presence were most appreciated by everyone, especially given the snowfall we were experiencing in Raleigh last night! To give you an idea of what this is doing, the classic retail metrics, “same store sales” and “sales per square foot”, are no longer being reported by Macy’s department stores.
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