A $2,300 Apple iPhone? It sounds outrageous in 2025. Yet it’s quite possible. Like many US companies manufacturing in China, in-house or outsourced, “Apple has a tough choice: absorb the extra [new tariffs] expense or pass it on to customers,” as this Reuters article...
“Every company should have received the memo that supply chain needs a seat at the table.” Especially as regards the sustainability or ESG (environment, social and governance) agenda. I smiled to myself in a conflicting mix of delight and disdain as I read the words...
I appeared on the Art of Procurement podcast to discuss a range of issues pertinent to upping the Procurement game, e.g.: The components that must be put together to create lasting Procurement success Procurement’s brand—perceptions and reputation of the function...
The recent global economic turbulence and several geo-political factors are increasingly positioning Supply Chain Management (SCM) as a key agenda item in boardrooms across the world. Recent media stories on slave wages and child labour in some supply chains, and...
Procurement capability in most organizations is hampered because purchasing decisions are beset by organizational challenges and “soft” issues. In this extract from Sigi Osagie’s new book Procurement Mojo, he discusses why Procurement still has no de facto seat in the...
