New research: Nearly all supply chain and procurement professionals are concerned about employee churn Download report
Supply chains are now increasingly vulnerable to disruption so procurement practices need to change. Procurement teams must source for resilience, not lowest cost. To achieve this, businesses need a different mindset and different skills to transform how they think about sourcing and supply chains.
What skills, then, best equip supply chain professionals for this brave new world? What skills help supply chain professionals best deliver on the promise of this future, as it impacts the world’s supply chains?
In little over a decade, the retail landscape has changed out of all recognition. The shift to online retailing, for instance. The rise of omnichannel. The demise of department stores. The shrinking High Street, and the move to edge-of-town retail parks. Growing consumer demand for same-day home deliveries.
End-to-end digitized supply chains will one day exist. It has taken generations, but information flow along supply chains is now faster—and richer—than ever before. What was unthinkable even a few years ago is now commonplace.
Comprehensive research on the role supply chain organizations can make in their journey towards zero carbon through reducing CO2 emissions, the barriers encountered and the skills required to become a zero-carbon organization.
