“Major multinational companies are increasingly outsourcing or offshoring their manufacturing operations and business processes to Africa, and these companies are benefiting from ensuing significant reductions in their direct costs; in some cases by as much as 50...
“Purchasing people don’t understand financials.” Purchasing is a source of problems. 37% of CFOs feel that Purchasing has either a negative impact or none at all. “Getting Purchasing to align its work with a company’s overall approach can be a frustrating task.” These...
As the trend to globalization shows no signs of weakening, global sourcing is throwing up many challenges for supply chain operations and the wider business. I contributed to a Logistics Europe round-table discussion exploring these challenges with other panellists....
