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Think blue, Act green: The right strategy for businesses
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 18/01/2012
» The intersection of Blue Ocean Approach and Green Supply Chain may become the most obvious strategic direction to pursue for all businesses affected by last year's half-a-century flood crisis in Thailand.
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The rise of Asia and reverse innovation
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 23/05/2012
» Will Asia reinvent itself as the world's innovation capital?
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Packaging: A silent hero in the supply chain
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 26/09/2012
» In the run-up to the formation of the Asean Economic Community in 2015, the National Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy Office has declared its goal to increase spending on research and development from less than 0.25% of gross domestic product, or US$1.1 billion, to 2% of GDP over the next decade.
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Redefining supply chain excellence
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 30/01/2013
» When we talk of supply chain excellence, the traditional focus has always been on how to reduce operating costs for companies. This involved using supply chain levers to lower processing costs, increase asset utilisation and reduce inventory to realise higher margins.
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Will the value chain supplant the supply chain?
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 14/08/2013
» With the dynamic changes in the marketplace, from the age of "mass production" to the interim phase of "mass customisation" phase to the present "touchscreen" world, it seems the value chain will soon supplant supply chains. Changing consumer preferences have forced an unprecedented rethinking of the meaning and purpose of the supply chain.
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Promoting supply chain excellence in packaging
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 26/02/2014
» ‘Packaging is the only handshake that a product has with the consumer” is an industry saying that sums up the strong correlation between product preferences and packaging. This relationship is gradually becoming stronger in Asia with rapid economic growth, urbanisation and the surge in the number of middle-income people. This, of course, has been driving the modern trade retailing sector.
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‘Lean’ redefined to create customer value
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 09/04/2014
» When you think “lean”, what typically comes to mind are tools for eliminating waste in a manufacturing process. For example, kaizen (improvement) workshops, where frontline workers solve complex problems; kanban, the scheduling system for just-in-time production; and the andon cord, which, when pulled by any worker, causes a production line to stop.
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The value of simplicity
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 03/12/2014
» For any large organisation to be effective, it must be simple, former General Electric chairman Jack Welch once observed. Delayering, streamlining and asking targeted questions are all part of the process. When it comes to supply chain streamlining and lean management, simplicity is easier said than done, but the pay-off is immense.
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Should the C-suite have a 'supply chain' seat?
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 11/02/2015
» The understanding of the supply chain and its strategic role in business is changing for many supply chain-intensive industries and companies. More business leaders are coming to understand that one aspect of creating value for the organisation and customers is supply chain management.
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Welcome to the new world of 'reshoring'
Business, Kanishka Ghosh, Published on 08/04/2015
» Germany's Software AG says 2015 is shaping up as the tipping point for supply chains. It recently released its top 10 predictions for the manufacturing and supply chain industry this year, one of which relates to the emerging trend of "reshoring" — the return of manufacturing to developed markets as wages rise in emerging economies.
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