Supply Chain Management Blog : outsourcing

Culture and the Supply Chain

christianverstraete — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:10:00 GMT

In my previous post, I spoke about the tangibles and intangibles of Supply Chain Collaboration , but intentionally did not address one element, the cultural aspects of Supply Chain Collaboration. Companies have increased the outsourcing of their manufacturing...(read more)

Is Supply Chain Data safe in the Cloud?

christianverstraete — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:28:00 GMT

At the Gartner Symposium, last week, HP's CEO Mark Hurd was quoted about the lack of security in the Cloud . This is only one of the voices heard about cloud computing security. So, should we stop thinking about linking our partners in the cloud to...(read more)

HP Supply Chain: Buy/Sell and Manufacturing Outsourcing

christianverstraete — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:29:00 GMT

Over the last months, I have shared with you a number of concepts HP has implemented in its Supply Chains to reduce costs, improve responsiveness and mitigate risks. In this blog, I'd like to share another one, called buy/sell, that focuses mainly...(read more)

The role of IT in Manufacturing Outsourcing

christianverstraete — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:11:00 GMT

A couple weeks ago a question was raised about what the implications were for IT when a company was transforming from a manufacturer to a brand owner. This is actually a very interesting question and I will try to share with you my response at the time...(read more)