Supply Excellence

Outsourcing Supply Doesn’t Outsource Risk

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments · LCCS and trade, best practices, outsourcing, sourcing, supply management, supply risk

It seems a week can’t go by without yet another product supply safety scare traced to international supply chains. This week’s episode provides some of the scariest headlines yet: Tainted baby formula.

It also points to another aspect of international supply chains that requires increasingly sophisticated oversight by spend management organizations. We typically think [...]

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Airbus Adjusts to Weather the Storm

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments · LCCS and trade, best practices, costing, outsourcing, sourcing, supply management

On this blog, we often talk about low-cost country sourcing, outsourcing, currency fluctuation strategies and macro economic challenges. But rarely is there ever one story that ties all of those issues together as well as that of Airbus, a company faced with slowing industry demand, a strong Euro (where they manufacture) vs a weak USD [...]

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