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...
Grrr … argh! I could feel a slight annoyance welling up. Maybe it was because I needed another coffee to really get in my groove for the day. Or perhaps it was due to the lingering peevishness I still carried from the earlier conversation with my mistress, when she...
On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, I posted this short piece on LinkedIn: ### China may be trying to rewrite history by attempting to obliterate all traces of the Tiananmen Square event. But history itself teaches us that truth has an annoying habit...
“For most organizations, the single largest or second largest area of costs is procurement from suppliers. Even in boom times, savvy enterprises are constantly looking for ways to optimize procurement spend to boost profitability. Averting fraud and other business...
In my earlier article on enhancing Procurement effectiveness, I highlighted why savvy organizations invest great efforts in boosting their Procurement Mojo®. I reiterate some pertinent key points below: FACT: Organizations with leading Procurement capability are in...
