ESG - where to start from a supply chain management perspective
Scanmarket
January 17, 2023
There is a wealth of information and new regulations to understand when it comes to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), so the process of starting, assimilating, and determining the approach for your organisation when it comes to implementing any changes to your supply chain and procurement practices can be complex and often overwhelming. However, it does not have to be difficult to consider and integrate an ESG framework into your future business strategies, especially with adoption of current software platforms.
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Tags: Climate Change, Supply Chain, Sustainability
German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
Scanmarket
October 13, 2022
On 11th & 25th June 2021, the German Federal Council passed the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act) or SCDDA as it is now abbreviated to. The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act’s objective is to safeguard human rights and the environment in the global economy more effectively and primarily means that companies will need to adapt and update their compliance, purchasing and contract drafting processes. As of 1 January 2023: Companies with at least 3,000 employees that have their head office, administrative seat or statutory seat in Germany OR companies that have a branch in Germany and usually employ at least 3,000 employees in this branch; As of 1 January 2024: Companies with at least 1,000 employees that have their head office, administrative seat or statutory seat in Germany OR companies that have a branch in Germany and usually employ at least 1,000 employees in this branch. Additionally, Group companies are included in the calculation of the number of employees of the parent company. Temporary workers are only included in the calculation if the duration of the assignment exceeds 6 months.
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Tags: CSR, Legal and IP, Supply Chain
Insights on American legislation affecting supply chain management
Scanmarket
October 13, 2022
The ways companies conduct business is changing. Legislation is tightening regulations all over the world, and legislation effecting supply chain management in the United States is extensive and complex. Supply chain disruptions are unfortunately all too frequent these days, and the Biden Administration has been undertaking a range of initiatives intended to build resilient supply chains that reflect the administration’s policies around national security, foreign policy, human rights and the US economy.
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Tags: Legal and IP, Procurement, Supply Chain
Geopolitical insights of Ukraine-Russian conflict on supply chains - part 1
Scanmarket
October 13, 2022
Not a day goes by without more news about the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine, the ramifications of which will be felt across supply chains for months if not years to come. The impact will be direct and indirect relating to commodities and energy. Russia and Ukraine account for 29% of all the world's wheat exports, and Germany relies on Russian gas to power its electricity and energy grid by around 50%. The pursuit of billionaires in the Navalny 35 continues with the French seizing €850 million in a single day. Coordinated sanctions by many world governments are changing the dynamics of supply chains globally.
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Tags: Procurement, Risk Management, Supply Chain
UK legislation affecting procurement
Scanmarket
October 12, 2022
The way companies conduct business is changing. Threats from third parties are growing. Geopolitical issues are threatening energy markets. Legislation is tightening regulations all over the world. Legislation has been introduced and updated globally over the past few years that addresses a number of key areas related to procurement and supply chain management. We are going to deeper into the Modern Slavery Act, The Companies Act, EU Accounting Directive, and the Environment Act.
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Tags: CSR, Legal and IP, Supply Chain
third Party Risk Management
Scanmarket
August 30, 2022
We are witnessing unprecedented complexities in supply chains influenced by politically motivated policies and legislation, and the impact on organizations will be both direct and indirect. It is imperative for procurement and supply chain management to accept and plan for new forms of risk in global supply chains for both public and private sectors.
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Tags: Legal and IP, Risk Management, Supply Chain
EU Legislation affecting supply chain management - part 2
Scanmarket
June 15, 2022
The French Law on the Duty of Vigilance of Parent and Instructing Companies (2017) effective in early 2018 provides a reference point on the law itself and its reach and informs how this is being used to structure and inform wider EU directives and legislation.
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Tags: Legal and IP, Procurement, Supply Chain
Geopolitical insights of Ukraine-Russian conflict on supply chains - part 2
Scanmarket
June 09, 2022
The list of companies defined by the Yale School of Management has grown from 400 to more than 1,200 counting. Almost 1,000 companies have publicly announced they are voluntarily curtailing operations in Russia beyond the bare minimum legally required by international sanctions, but some companies have continued to operate in Russia undeterred.
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Tags: Procurement, Risk Management, Supply Chain
EU Legislation affecting supply chain management - part 1
Scanmarket
May 24, 2022
The way companies conduct business is changing. Legislation is tightening regulations all over the world. The EU has produced over 50,000 laws and directives in 25 years applicable to the Eurozone, and these regulations continue to get more complex.
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Tags: Legal and IP, Procurement, Supply Chain
BEHAVIOURAL PROCUREMENT: A cognitive approach to People (soft) skills
linkedin
November 29, 2018
Behavioural Procurement¹ (BP) is a sub field of Behavioural Economics and concerns itself with application of behavioural science, social science, decision science, applied cognitive psychology to commercial activities.
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Tags: Procurement, Change Management
SOFT SKILLS WEBINAR
linkedin
October 21, 2018
I recently had the pleasure of working with Steve Hall and Georgina Greene of Procurement Leaders to deliver a webinar on soft skills.
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Tags: Procurement, Leadership
Book Review: Soft Skills for Hard Business
linkedin
September 27, 2018
A great start to a round of book reviews, with an inaugural review by Kelly Barner of Buyers Meeting Point: http://buyersmeetingpoint.com/publications/bmp-book-reviews/entry/book-review-soft-skills-for-hard-business
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Tags: Procurement, Leadership, Change Management
Soft skills for hard business
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June 05, 2018
SOFT SKILLS FOR HARD BUSINESS
Pleased to announce that my book is now available for pre-order, so please share and distribute generously....
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Tags: Procurement, Leadership, Change Management
Developing the soft skills for success
linkedin
April 24, 2018
When people talk about developing their soft skills, what do they mean, and what are some of the real-life applications for practitioners? Further, we often hear people talking about the need to improve soft skills. However, it is very unlikely that the consistency of what soft skills truly means (or well defined) as category management.
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Tags: Management, Leadership
Focusing on adoption to deliver optimum impact through a digital transformation
AI Journal
October 08, 2021
Focusing on the people aspects that are critical to adoption of digital platforms and systems as a key enabler to deriving real business benefit's.
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Tags: Change Management, Digital Transformation, Procurement
Beyond COVID-19 supply chain heroism, no dust settling yet–lessons learned at Rolls Royce about advancing risk management thinking. International Journal of Operations & Production Management.
Emerald Publishing
August 20, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic offers a unique risk scenario that is beyond the scope of most existing risk management literature. The impact of the pandemic is very multi-faceted, not location specific but very global and experienced throughout the entire supply chain, across industries and over a much extended timeline with multiple time horizons. In manufacturing operations, there have been major instances of supply chain heroism in the first year of the pandemic and there is a lot more work ahead.
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Tags: COVID19, Procurement, Supply Chain
The Power of Purpose – Lessons in agility from the Ventilator Challenge
Emerald Publishing
July 10, 2021
This paper delivers contributions for both academic research and practice. The
case study offers rich new insights relating to procurement in times of crisis, contributing to
efforts to advance beyond outdated approaches for resilience in literature. Practical
contributions arise in highlighting the significance of adapted sourcing and recruitment,
technology, collaboration, people and power of purpose in enabling agility and achieving the
impossible.
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Tags: COVID19, Procurement
Collaboration: A value enabler for procurement and supply
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS)
August 14, 2020
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Tags: Change Management, Procurement, Supply Chain
Critical thinking skills
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS)
September 30, 2019
Critical thinking skills is a rich concept that has its origins from 500 BC, with the term “critical thinking” being more recognisable and researched in the mid-late 20th century.
You may have heard or come across the term in recent reports from a number of sources from journals, research papers to management periodicals. In this knowledge paper I hope to be able to outline the transdisciplinary concept of critical thinking, its origins and how and where this skill is being sought to develop greater value for organisations.
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Tags: Design Thinking, Management, Procurement
Soft Skills: Behavioural Procurement
Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS)
September 30, 2019
When people talk about developing soft skills, what do they mean, and what are
some of the practical applications for contract management practitioners?
We often hear people talking about the need to improve soft skills, but if pushed too hard to describe what they truly mean, the chances of receiving a clear answer back is low. Therefore, defining what we mean by this may be a good starting point, especially as the links to CIPS revised Global Standards section 9 will be evident, at every level, where there is an interaction between individuals, groups of people and at leadership level
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Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Procurement
Cognitive diversity
Procurement Leaders
December 31, 1969
Diversity comes in many forms from gender, race, religion, and socio-economic background to highlight a few. However, this paper will focus on Cognitive Diversity (CD) developing a clear definition of what CD is, its origins, how to create it and where it creates value for a team to a whole organisation.
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Tags: Diversity and Inclusion, Leadership, Procurement
Focusing on adoption to deliver optimum impact through a digital transformation
Soft Skills for Hard Business
