by Janice Marquardt | Jun 3, 2024 | Org Chart, Processes, Supply Chain Career
Recently we’ve been talking about which C-suite role a supply chain team reports to, both the more common executive leaders and the less common ones. So today we’re going to talk a bit about the structure of a supply chain team in an organization. In particular, we’ll...
by Janice Marquardt | May 21, 2024 | Creative Solutions, Definitions, Supply Chain Career
Continuing our conversation from last week, let’s talk about some of the less common spots a supply chain team can fit into an org chart. Last week we looked at having the supply chain leader report to the CEO, CFO, COO, CRO, and CAO. This week, let’s look at the...
by Janice Marquardt | May 7, 2024 | Definitions, Processes
This morning as I checked my inbox, I had a survey waiting for me from World Commerce and Contracting. The survey sparked me because it asked a set of questions about the purposes of contracts, and I found my answers highly varied across the questions. I will note...
by Janice Marquardt | Apr 2, 2024 | Creative Solutions, Processes
The award for “most eye-catching headline of the week” in my news feed goes to sponsored content from GS1. The headline was “Stop doom-scrolling your supply chain” and (as sponsored content) is advocating for increasing visibility tools. The article cites three main...
by Janice Marquardt | Mar 27, 2024 | Creative Solutions, Definitions, Processes, Supply Chain Career
A Visual Capitalist article on the impact of artificial intelligence on various job categories wandered across my news feed a couple weeks ago, and I’ve been pondering it ever since. Following the data trail, this data was a visualization of a white paper by the World...