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Lean Suppliers: It’s All About the Relationship

Some of the hidden cost drivers in the supply chain are relatively easy to uncover, measure and address by adopting classic lean approaches. However, many supply chain problems begin and end with the customer-supplier relationship. The extent to which critical issues, wastes and cost drivers can be identified and [...]

Just Off the Press: Supplier Evaluation & Performance Excellence

My new book, Supplier Evaluation and Performance Excellence: A Guide to Meaningful Metrics and Successful Results, has just been published this week. This is my first experience as a book author (although I did publish a shorter e-book in 1999 on Improving Company Performance Through Supply Chain Management Practices). The book is available through [...]

The Linked In Supply Chain – Who’s in YOUR Network?

From the title, you might have visited this blog to learn more about sub-tier supplier management. Not today. For April Fools’ Day, I’m deviating from the serious and sometimes deadly boring business of supply chain and lean to talk about the trend of business networking on Linked In.  Linked In has [...]