The Newest Supply Chain Model
In the traditional business world or Supply Chain Model, relations between organisations were different from what they are today. Collaboration between organisations – if there was collaboration – used to follow a linear model. In fact, when several organisations had to collaborate, they used to do it through a very linear model, with traditional supplier-buyer […]
Why Supply Chain Models have to Change
About More Supply Chain Models In his book The 5-STAR Business Network (http://bit.ly/5-STARBN), Vivek Sood exposes the results of his researches on the organizational structure of companies. Companies used to follow the model of a traditional organization structure as in the following figure: Why Supply Chain Models have to change However, the global business world […]
When the Ship is Sinking: Focus on Plugging the Hole in the Hull
About Ship is Sinking My sabbatical from writing blogs over the past few weeks has been interrupted. Besides my day job of consulting, I was focusing on finishing my second book “Know When to Outsource, and How to Do It Well: Outsmart, Outprofit, Outsource”. However, after reading a Harvard Business Review blog, I feel compelled […]
Same Same But Different: Apple’s Emerging Supply Chain Rival Xiaomi Continues to Upstage Demand With Market Valuation More Than Nokia’s Sale Price of $10 Billion
Business Valuation Of Emerging Supply Chain China’s three-year-old technology company Xiaomi has recently announced the sale of its flagship Mi-3 smartphone will be on the Chinese top messaging app Wechat. This is another in a series of tactics deployed by Xiaomi to get to the heart of consumers and spur their demand. Already with 7.2 […]
Apple’s Manufacturer Invests Millions in The US to Meet More Demand
Business Apple’s Manufacturer Taipei-based Foxconn Technology Group, whose biggest client is Apple, is to invest $US40 million in the United States to boost its high-end production chain. The move, welcomed by the US government, is part of the growing trend to seek a non-China outsourcing location. The world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer will commit $US30 […]
4 Key Areas of Mistakes in IT Deployment
Although Information Technology systems have evolved over the past decades, failures are still frequent. Most IT systems fail because their implementation does not follow the process and the conditions that it should. The people in charge often realize it too late, when the process is already in place. In fact, they only realize it when […]
The Age of Global Business Network
About Global Business Network Obviously, business networks have tremendously changed through the ages. The world has become global and business networks have kept expanding over the years and centuries. In fact, business networks used to be very small, even non-existent a few centuries ago. In former societies, businesses were not as developed as they are […]
Why Collaboration in Supply Chain is the NEW Advantage?
About Collaboration in Supply Chain For decades, if not centuries, the economists have been extolling the virtues of competition. No doubt, competition unleashes forces lying dormant within human psyche – forces of of one-upmanship, jealousy, keep up with the jones, and similar nature. Of course, the economists rarely look into the psyche behind the actions […]
Who Hijacked Your Supply Chain?
About More Hijacked Your Supply Chain I do not publish too many posts on LinkedIn any more because of ‘Gresham’s Law‘. However, once in a while I still publish content that would be relevant to that platform. I was delivering the keynote speech at the Quintiq World Tour recently at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore – where […]
5-STAR Business Network Radio Interview of Vivek Sood on The Michael Dresser Show
Topic:The 5-STAR Business Networks Interviewer: Michael Dresser of The Michael Dresser Show Interviewee: Vivek Sood of Global Supply Chain Group (author of The 5-STAR Business Networks) HERE IS An audio of the interview About Business Network Get It Now Here is the entire transcript of the interview: Business Network Michael Dresser: Welcome back! I’m Michael, […]
