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The importance of reducing the impact of supplier risk in the global supply chain
Business, Chris Catto-Smith, Published on 05/04/2017
» Supplier risk is not a new concept. We continually face supplier risk in both personal and business environments: when we invest in the stock market, await the next version of a smartphone, or even when we purchase groceries. For most organisations, reducing the impact of supplier risk on their respective supply chains is a key priority.
Farewell 2016, welcome the new year
Business, Chris Catto-Smith, Published on 28/12/2016
» This year's nearly over, two thousand sixteen<br> The strangest of years that we've recently seen<br> So many things happened, it's hard to recall<br> Except Leicester City winning football.
ECR: From early collaboration to a logistics revolution
Business, Chris Catto-Smith, Published on 21/09/2016
» Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) is a strategic approach to improving services to consumers through close cooperation among retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers. Its primary aim is to develop and disseminate best practices in supply chains. The impact on the international retail industry in particular has been dramatic over the past two decades.
Thailand as Asean logistics hub
Business, Chris Catto-Smith, Published on 10/08/2016
» Thailand's central location in mainland Southeast Asia, bordering Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos, as well as access to the Mekong River and a coastline along the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, offers logistics opportunities that few other Asean countries can compete with.
Olympic logistics: Is Rio ready?
Business, Chris Catto-Smith, Published on 27/07/2016
» Amid the seemingly endless string of global calamities, terror attacks and the raucous US political conventions, it may have slipped your mind that the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics is just nine days away.
Finding value in lean logistics
Business, Chris Catto-Smith, Published on 15/06/2016
» Lean logistics is about flow and the elimination of waste. Waste can be defined as anything that does not add value to the product -- that is, anything that the customer would not be willing to pay for. Waste in logistics can be defined in terms of unnecessary activities that result in excess inventories, increased lead time and increased cost.
Building a customer-centric supply chain
Business, Chris Catto-Smith, Published on 02/12/2015
» One of the bigger challenges I face in supply chain consulting is changing the attitude of decision-makers from being adversarial to collaborative in their relationships with trading partners and service providers. It's like swimming against the current of a river in which hard bargaining and squeezing is ingrained in Asian business DNA. This is fortunate in a way, because if business executives could figure out for themselves that collaboration can bring huge savings in total supply chain costs, I would be out of a job.
The Night Before Christmas in Bangkok
Business, Chris Catto-Smith, Published on 16/12/2015
» 'Twas the night before Christmas in Santa's warehouse
Managing supply chain risks in a changing world
Business, Chris Catto-Smith, Published on 18/11/2015
» The past 20 years have seen significant changes in global and local supply chains. With those changes has come considerable investment in both successful initiatives to improve operations and efficiency but also lost investment through failed ventures or supply chain disruption.
Ensuring that supply chain projects deliver results
Business, Chris Catto-Smith, Published on 17/06/2015
» One of the greatest challenges supply chain professionals face is ensuring new projects or improvement initiatives can deliver tangible business benefits.