Category: Supply chain excellence

Global Supply Chains

BASF: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

BASF creates chemistry. Over the last two decades the company successfully leveraged global scale to define supply chain leadership. With 12,000 supply chain employees operating

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Supply Chain

Treading Water

I spent my summers as a lifeguard. To certify, I had to tread water for what seemed like an incessant period of time. In reality

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Supply chain excellence

Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day is celebrated on February 2. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a Groundhog emerges from the burrow, then the forecast of an

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metrics that matter

Measuring Up?

The average manufacturing company’s supply chain organization is 15 years old. Historically, the traditional supply chain focused on improving costs. Today more mature supply chain

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Supply Chain

Driving Organizational Alignment

 How can we move forward if we cannot align? In supply chain strategy documents, terms like alignment, agility, responsiveness, and flexibility dot the page. At

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