Supply Chain Matters

MAY 31, 2022

As a reminder, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has further announced the release of our second published research advisory in this series: The Importance of Supply Chain and Human Resources Strategy Alignment for Addressing Talent Recruitment and Retention Needs- Part Two. Strategy, planning and decision making.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 6, 2018

Angie points out that there are two main jobs for human resources: delivering business results and developing talent within the organization.She notes that there are several business factors that have raised the importance of talent strategy. What opportunities are out there to improve the talent level?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 6, 2022

There is a notion that leading a technology focused company requires a lot of leadership and management skills, technical in nature regarding understanding of tech markets, along with the notions of decisions related to business strategy, overall operations, extended supply chain and workforce management.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In this fifth Supply Chain Matters weekly reader update, we highlight the latest developments related to ongoing UAW labor strike involving the big three U.S. More Significant Development As noted in last week’s update , the UAW labor union has been utilizing a novel work stoppage strategy that targets each of the three individual U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 6, 2022

Inventory levels reportedly increased more than 33 percent during the quarter, a reflection of what was described as an aggressive buying strategy amid supply chain disruptions. In late May, reporting on Q1-2022 quarterly financial performance, t he retailer stunned Wall Street with a reported 25 percent decrease in net income.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 9, 2022

In late January , we announced availability of the first research advisory in this series , providing a focus on supply chain operational workforce challenges.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 1, 2023

Added Thoughts This newest phase of Amazon ’s business and operational management strategies is drawing attention from multiple inside and outside dimensions and the question remains as to how the online retail platform provider will address such issues in acknowledgement, resolve or added actions.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 13, 2023

In a previous postings, we published Part One of this series which highlighted our first prediction , that supply chain management teams should anticipate a considerable amount on uncertainty and that a significant challenge will be to avoid complacency in strategies and actions.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

Additionally, our research arm, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group has published a Part One research advisory in collaboration with Cloud based enterprise software provider Oracle : Your Workforce- The Weakest Link in the Supply Chain, The Importance of Supply Chain and Human Resources Strategy Alignment for Talent Recruitment and Retention.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog announces the publishing of our latest recorded podcast episode: What Should Supply Chain Leaders Expect in 2024. Our podcast conversation focuses on business C-Suite expectations of supply chain leaders in the coming year.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 12, 2024

Supply Chain Matters highlights a further development related to increased labor activism among global automakers, specifically electric vehicle producer Tesla’s additional announcement on wage increases.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this seventh weekly Supply Chain Matters reader update, we can now highlight that tentative labor agreements have been reached between the United Auto Workers and U.S. auto makers Ford Motor , Stellantis and now General Motors.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In this update we want to alert our Supply Chain Matters global readership to our latest upcoming podcast episode. Multi-industry supply chain teams continue to focus on the final aspects of supporting and executing Q4 and 2023 business goals.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 21, 2023

In this sixth Supply Chain Matters weekly reader update, we highlight the latest developments and ongoing implications related to United Auto Workers labor strike involving the big three U.S. auto companies.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group announces that our latest Research Advisory, 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains is now available for reading.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 21, 2017

A central issue that emerged from discussions I’ve had with executives in the last month is the importance of the three big shifts occurring in terms of defining organizational governance, establishing the talent requirements for the change, and building the right level of trust between enterprises to share data.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 6, 2016

The team would then work to organize and summarize the process documentation for inclusion on the internal contract management website whose primary audience is global procurement. Develop sourcing strategies for R&D commodity categories (play books). Commodity/Category sourcing profiles within Research and Development (R&D).

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 15, 2021

Companies who have a dedicated team focused on collecting information on the supply market can anticipate shortages, and work to create better category strategies to control costs. In that respect, supply market intelligence becomes one of the most important and critical stepping stones for an effective category strategy.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 10, 2015

If we are not up to the task, and can’t bring the best talent into a role that has responsibility for over 50% of an organizations costs (in most modern enterprises), then perhaps the leadership team doesn’t have their priorities in the right place! So how can organizations find and develop this new generation of superheroes?

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 15, 2016

Many of the skills that we’ve identified in prior posts on this site have discussed the key skills and knowledge that recruiters are looking for in supply chain students. And schools like NC State University are producing them, because we are listening to our partners.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2023

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters labor union announced yesterday that 86.3 percent of UPS union workers have now voted to ratify the newly negotiated five-year labor agreement. This announcement follows the announcement of a tentative agreement that was reached in late July.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Organizations need to be able to use this informaton to provide greater insights into future spending requirements, and provide views that will support business strategy and greater views on what will be important going forward. Spend analysis can certainly provide one set of insights – but only provides a partial view.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 21, 2017

In fact, he would use strategies to ensure this happened. Comedians are a moody and often disruptive bunch, often at odds with one another, and not always cooperative, so this was no easy task. Michaels would force every single comedian to speak up over the course of his meeting.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 22, 2023

Background In February of this year, numerous business and aerospace industry media reported on the milestone of the largest commercial aircraft order in the industry’s history.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights results of a study conducted among U.S. One of the more noteworthy findings is reportedly that 76 percent of middle market manufacturers are reportedly reshoring or near shoring their production needs due to ongoing geopolitical and global supply chain challenges.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog provides an overview of our 2024 annual prediction themes for industry and global supply chains.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 22, 2017

.” Real-time data sharing will become more important then ever in driving quality improvements , but will hinge largely on the ability of organizations to build effective data governance strategies to control how data is managed and collected.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In this third Supply Chain Matters reader update, we highlight the ongoing supply chain and manufacturing implications of the labor strike involving the three U.S. Background The UAW has elected a two-fold strategy. unionized auto companies. The existing labor disruption includes all three of the U.S.

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