The food and beverage (F&B) landscape has undergone significant changes since early 2023; while geopolitical tensions persist, combative monetary policy and adaptive supply chain disruption management have relieved recessionary pressures, showing signs of...
The consumer products industry is navigating the fallout of major international events such as concurrent geopolitical conflicts, inflation, and unpredictable demand. Businesses that fail to tailor their supply chain strategy to marketplace requirements risk their...
Strategic sourcing is an important element within procurement and category management. Historically, a strategic sourcing may have focused on driving cost reduction (using a total cost of ownership approach), but now considers wider procurement and business objectives...
A sustainable supply chain is one that fully integrates ethical and environmentally responsible practices into a commercially competitive and operationally successful model for the delivery of products and services. In its effective and efficient management,...
We live in an era marked by rapid technological advancements, geopolitical shifts, unforeseen black swan events and the ever-evolving and dynamic nature of business and customer culture. As a result of this, organisations often find themselves having to navigate a...
The workplace environment is changing and our expectations of each other, our services, products and suppliers with it. The generational mix of workers is evolving towards those born into a technology enabled world (see figure 1 below). What does that mean for our...
