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Supply chain failures seem inevitable these days, but are especially disconcerting when they indicate a larger systemic problem in critical equipment that is supposed to save lives. The U.S. Army just announced a recall of 44,000 Advanced Combat Helmets (ACH) manufactured by ArmourSource LLC (formerly Rabintex) due to concerns that they provide substandard ballistic protection. Another similar recall of 34,218 [...] If you didn’t think space exploration was dangerous enough, here’s something else to worry about. NASA has been looking into outsourcing parts of the space exploration program to outside suppliers, reasoning that this is the best way to speed up rocket development and to save money. They reasoned that private contractors would be able to provide the rockets [...] I am in Covington, Kentucky attending the AME International Lean Conference, Journey to Greatness. Attendance is excellent despite the economy and its adverse impact on other conferences this year. This may be due to various lean journeys presented by practitioners and couldn’t be more relevant in a down economy. AME (Association for Manufacturing Excellence) puts on [...] The Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) is offering a monthly webinar series on various topics of interest. As the second in the series, I am giving a webinar entitled: Evaluating Your Suppliers: Practical Approaches to Getting Results. It runs from 12:00 pm until 1:30 pm ET on Thursday, October 15th. This is a practical overview of [...] One of the greatest challenges in selecting the right suppliers for your company is know what you’re looking for. In order to know what you’re looking for, you need to have a supplier selection strategy that is linked to the priorities and strategies of your firm. Then this strategy needs to be translated into specific requirements [...] The government has helped bail out Chrysler. The government has not bailed out its suppliers. And now Chrysler is looking to get back in the game on the backs of its suppliers, who, if they are still in business, are not eager become lenders to their customers. Chrysler has received over $10.4B from the government so far. And now it [...] Mark your calendar for Thursday, September 10, 2009, when I will be the speaker for the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management’s (IACCM) Ask the Expert call: “Selecting the Right Suppliers: Challenges and Best Practices“. Tim Cummins, President and CEO of IACCM, will host this discussion with me. The session will cover the following areas: How do you [...] In an unprecedented move, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) ordered Airbus to remove all of its old Thales speed sensors and replace them with sensors from BF Goodrich. Apparently, singling out specific suppliers for both a defective part and for replacement parts in an air crash situation has never occurred before. Thales was upgrading all [...] Supply managers and buyers have always had the challenge not just of finding suppliers but finding suppliers who are both high-performing and “best value”. Numerous supplier evaluation and supplier performance management software solutions are now available, where ten years ago very few options existed. Most options that I’m aware of are either SaaS (software as a [...] Many people struggle with getting senior management support for supplier performance management initiatives. And, according to the editor-in-chief of Supply Chain Digest in his July 2nd editorial, many people don’t even know what senior management support means. Most know that you’re supposed to need it or you might not get very far with implementing supply chain [...] |
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