Category Archives: Suppliers@Risk™ – Jim Strong

#206 – MADE IN CHINA: FROM SCARY BAD TO SCARY GOOD – DIRK DUSHARME

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Picture1Back in the 1950s and 1960s, Japanese products were synonymous with cheaply made. Anyone over the age of 50 probably remembers cheap Japanese transistor radios when they were a kid. We all believed, in the day, that the more transistors a radio had, the better. That wasn’t necessarily true, but try telling that to a 9-year-old. And of course, we all knew that Japanese radios might claim to have 10 transistors but really only five of them worked. Continue reading →

#191 – FORGET SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – RICK FELTENBERGER

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WScreen Shot 2018-01-13 at 6.04.32 PMhen people discuss Supply Chain Management, there doesn’t seem to be any common understanding of what it is all about. I get it! To some, it is software and technology. To others, it is just purchasing and logistics. And still others believe that it is ‘big data’ and analytics. No wonder that eyes glaze-over when the subject is mentioned. Continue reading →

#180 – MISUNDERSTANDING INNOVATION – GREG CARROLL

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team-carroll-150x150Last week saw the latest in misguided innovation talkfests, the AFR Innovation Summit #Innovation16.  For several days academics, public servants, journalists, and corporate employees put forward their insights into how Australia can develop an Innovation culture.

Excuse me, but this is a bit like 3 high street bankers sitting around discussing the plight of the homeless.   Very few of these self-appointed experts have ever started a business let alone been directly responsible for innovation in the marketplace.  Continue reading →

#180 – I’VE SEEN THE FUTURE OF WORK AND I DON’T LIKE IT! – GREG HUTCHINS

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Greg HutchinsI live in the northwest of the US.  We are now the small business and start up mecca of the US.  Why?  San Francisco and Silicon Valley are too expensive.  So, folks are moving in droves to Portland and Seattle – 1/3 of the license plates in my hood are out of state.

But, there are challenges.   The cost of housing and living in the NW is now approaching San Francisco standards of 4 years ago.  The challenge is that the surplus of new folks (millennials in their late 20’s and early 30’s) moving into town require livable wage work.  So with the influx of folks into the NW, Seattle and Portland are raising the minimum wage to $15/hour. Continue reading →

#173 – SUPPLY CHAIN RISK, RELIABILITY, RESILIENCE & FUTURE PROOFING – CHRIS DAVIES

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Introduction:

Previously I have introduced Supply Chain Risk Management in 5 Questions (link here). The aim here is to highlight elements of supply chain Risk, Reliability, Resilience and Futureproofing

What does Supply Chain Reliability & Resilience mean?

Supply Chain Reliability is where your supplier or service provider can repeatedly satisfy your purchase requirements. Resilience in very basic terms is how quickly your business can respond to and recover situations or issues (Risks) to the last good part, state, or improved condition, that otherwise could have a real or potential impact on your business operations Continue reading →