What is the Most Effective Strategy to Massively Slash Shipping Freight Costs?

Freight costs reduction is almost always the last frontier in the cost reduction landscape. At the board level, most companies do not pay much attention to their external freight costs. These costs never get the attention

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Unique Supply Chain Challenges of Oil & Gas Industry

One of the common problems cited by the boards and senior management is that the consultants they hire do not understand their unique challenges. This problem applies even more to large cookie cutter approach based consulting

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How To Get The Biggest Bang For Your Technology Buck

There were only 24 hours left. Tomorrow the board would pull the plug on the project which had continued for well over 3 years. The total costs as per internal calculations had run into hundreds of millions

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Consequences of Confusing Between Supply Chain and Logistics Can be Painful

Recently, obstetrician Dr Liu Hongmei hit global headlines when she disclosed the story of a young couple who came to her after four years of intense attempt to get pregnant.As it happens in these cases - when

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Do Not Topple The Global Economy Mr Trump

I have nothing against you President Trump. I have nothing for you either.But, when I heard of the directive to manufacture  iPhones in USA, I had to write this post.This is one of the weakest ideas

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Upgrading Your Supply Chain to the Next Level? One Point that (Nearly) Everyone Misses

The meeting room was as sparsely appointed as most meeting rooms used for supplier meetings these days. There were no windows, and barely any space to move. A round table in the center was surrounded by

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How Can I Improve Supply Chain In My Company? Five Signs of a Broken Supply Chain

Leading Executives Are Continually On a Lookout to Improve Supply Chain in Their CompanyMost CEOs and CXOs think about how to improve supply chain. They are surprised to discover that what they thought was a well-functioning

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The Single Biggest Mistake in Business Transformations

 If I have seen it once, I have seen it a hundred times.  A new person is brought in with a clear mandate. The things are meant to change. Out with the old, and in with

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The Mysteries of Supply Chains

I have been asked this question a lot on Quora, as well in my board and other speeches. A lot of supply chain commentary is becoming too technical and mysterious. Supply Chain Software sellers have a

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What Two African Entrepreneurs Have Learnt from Amazon.com – Globalization in Action Serving Humanity

Boasting exponential growth since its inception in 2012, Jumia became the first e-commerce site to bring the coveted Play Station 4 to Nigeria. The company announced the offering after just two days of the release in

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