COVID-19 Pandemic: At Least It’s Not 1999
While the COVID-19 pandemic is creating many challenges from a public health and economic perspective, when it comes to working from home and sheltering in place, we are in a better position to weather this crisis today than we would have been in 1999.
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WEF: How to build more resilient supply chains
By Jack Grimshaw . Apr 06, 2020, 1:56PM There is growing concern around the world that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a collapse of the global trade and supply chain systems, whilst economies continue to struggle. Labour shortages, issues surrounding supply and demand, transport disputes and other logistics challenges, such as border closures, […]
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Managing Supply Chains from Home (Insights from Indago Members)
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is forcing many supply chain and logistics professionals to work from home. How has the experience been so far? What are the main challenges? Those are the main questions we explored in last week’s Indago microsurvey. The vast majority of our member respondents (82%) said they are currently working from […]
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Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA): The Basics
Foodborne diseases are preventable and the reason why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in place. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) each year foodborne illnesses cause; 48 million or 1Read More You’re reading Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA): The Basics written by Christine Griffith.
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Ivalua: how procurement can drive long term sustainability
By Alex Saric . Apr 05, 2020, 7:00AM Alex Saric, smart procurement expert, Ivalua discusses the ways in which porcurement can drive long term sustainability. Over the last 12 months, sustainability has become a top priority for many businesses, as environmental activism has taken over the world stage and governments treat the subject as a […]
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Wax Digital: mitigating COVID-19 effects on small suppliers
By Daniel Ball . Apr 04, 2020, 7:00AM Daniel Ball, business development director, Wax Digital, discusses how firms can mitigate the adverse effects of the COVID-19 on small suppliers. With Morrisons the first major UK supermarket to announce plans to pay small suppliers immediately to support them during the Coronavirus pandemic, is it time for […]
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Driving a digital transformation in procurement
By Sean Galea-Pace . Apr 03, 2020, 12:23PM Award-winning procurement leader, Sebastian Chua, Head of Procurement at Health Promotion Board (HPB), discusses how to achieve success in procurement amidst significant transformation in the industry. The procurement landscape is changing. Gone are the days of procurement being considered a back-office function in an old-fashioned, dimly lit […]
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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 3, 2020)
A couple of years ago, I noticed that Andy Clarke, former CFO at C.H. Robinson and a past member of our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure cycling team, would title many of his rides on Strava with song lyrics. I thought it was a cool thing to do, so I started doing the same. Here […]
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COVID-19 likely to cause rise in UK food prices
By Jack Grimshaw . Apr 02, 2020, 12:20PM As supply chain disruptions and labour shortages across the UK continue, retailers believe that food prices are likely to begin to rise. Food inflation eased to 1.1% in March, a drop from 1.6% in February. These figures, put together by the British Retail Consortium, are below the […]
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Consulting companies driving procurement transformation
By Glen White . Apr 01, 2020, 10:35AM The Big Question: Digital transformation is changing the face of procurement but which consulting firm would you choose to advise you on your next steps? Procurement consulting is big business and it certainly isn’t cheap but it can be invaluable when it comes to making decisions in […]
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