Slow technology adoption limiting procurement and supply chain success
A lack of technology adoption is holding procurement functions back from overcoming supply chain challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey has found.
A lack of technology adoption is holding procurement functions back from overcoming supply chain challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey has found.
In normal business conditions, delivering your best-ever month of trading activity with the fastest growth rate in over a decade would be cause for celebration.
H&M will use its supply chain to deliver essential supplies including protective equipment to hospitals, in order to help with the rising demand during the coronavirus pandemic.
Marks & Spencer said it is planning for a prolonged downturn in demand in its clothing and home division as a result of COVID-19 – and will be reducing its supply pipeline by over £100 million as it holds over stock.
Iceland has removed 29% of plastic from its annual overall plastic packaging usage, equivalent to 3,694 tonnes.
Suppliers in the Morrisons supply chain will be paid early to support them as they deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
A quarter (24%) of food, fashion and health retailers have said that supply chain delays resulting from coronavirus is a ‘significant’ issue for their business.
More than half of supply chain managers believe that a “hasty” trade deal between the UK and the US would be detrimental to the economy.
JCB is set to reduce production levels at UK factories next week due to anticipated component shortages from Chinese suppliers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
If there is one buzz-word for 2020 already it is sustainability. You can’t avoid yet another multinational making one claim or another about making its supply chain sustainable. All, I am sure, are well-meant and heartfelt by those at the very top. You just hope it isn’t lip-service to a more eco-conscious consumer.