Procurement and Supply Chain weekly digest - 6th November



 The best articles of the last week, carefully sourced so you can relax and enjoy



Asia’s unique vulnerability to climate change, disasters, and diseases means that building resilience is a business continuity issue for every company along the supply chain

Resilient Supply Chains For Post-COVID Asia 




AI technology can bring a business operation like procurement from the stone age to the modern age by allowing teams to rely on automation rather than placing all bets on little black books and outdated spreadsheets. 

Procurement Turns to AI to Navigate Supply Chain Upheaval 


The fragility of complex global supply chains has been exposed, and items that were long taken for granted now require intense strategizing on how to satisfy the need.



If the word collaboration was listed on a card as a drinking game at supply chain conferences, we would be drunk at many. The word, while bandied about frequently in speeches, is largely meaningless due to overuse and abuse. Here I share perspective on cash-to-cash abuse.



According to CRBE’s market research, e-commerce was responsible for 17 percent of last year’s total retail sales in the 10 countries with the highest retail output — a figure that’s expected to skyrocket to 39 percent by 2020.










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