24 Jun 2022 If you're going to "do ESG"...mean it. By Josh Tecchio I don't think I'd be saying anything revolutionary in stating that there are components of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)...
23 Jun 2022 Automation Part 2: One size doesn't fit all By Derek Knueve Chandan Singh We recently argued that automation’s move from the experimental phase to necessity phase has accelerated amid the pandemic, supply chain...
22 Jun 2022 Energy costs are soaring – what can telcos do about it? By Sai Tunuguntla There cannot be a more opportune time than now for telcos to drive efficiencies in energy usage and to seek alternative energy sources. ...
14 Jun 2022 PE's Savings Opportunity in Shared Services By Connor Lott Saurabh Singh Ashish Malhotra Vinay Prathy +1 more... Show less Some General Partners (GPs) are missing out on significant savings opportunities by not combining shared services functions across their...
02 Jun 2022 Attention, CPG manufacturers! Gen-Z shoppers won’t have anything less than true sustainability By Bhavik Mistry The world’s youngest consumers are placing heightened pressure on organizations to make their supply chains sustainable – from the raw...
26 May 2022 WEF2022 – De-globalization, getting the balance right By Lisa Donahue We’ve heard a lot of talk about de-globalization recently. Thirty years plus of an increasingly seamless global economy is said by some...
17 May 2022 Supply chain: Can you work yourself out of a perpetual state of disruption? By Steven DuBuc Ashwin Sathyanarayan Dan Hearsch Inflation is spiking, supply chains remain constrained, freight rates are near all-time highs, and parts for production remain elusive....
27 Apr 2022 Automation: The pandemic economy moved automation from experiment to necessity By Derek Knueve Chandan Singh In the years leading to the pandemic, business leaders warmed up to the role automation could play in addressing challenges presented by...
26 Apr 2022 Food distribution – mitigating the “perfect storm” of disruption By Peter Appel Joe Cubellis Mat Accardo Of all the challenges facing American consumers in 2022, rising prices and inconsistent availability of food has one of – if not the –...
25 Mar 2022 One year later: How the Suez Canal disaster sparked supply chain's 'new normal' By Andrew Kerr This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Suez Canal blockage. At the time, the global supply chain crisis was still in its...
16 Mar 2022 What should carriers do with their windfall profits? By Brian Nemeth Job Chan Erik Mattson Disruption continues to dominate supply chain discussions, with ocean shipping grabbing many of the headlines as dozens of vessels await...
01 Mar 2022 Silver linings in the energy cloud – how a practical, pragmatic approach can realize the benefits offered by Virtual Power Plants By Les Viszlai I wrote in my previous article about the growing influence of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and how...
16 Feb 2022 Cutting out the middlemen – how direct relationships have helped businesses navigate supply chain chaos By Foster Finley Dan Sax The pandemic has exposed the frailties of the global supply chain. A relentless focus on efficiency meant there was little wiggle room...
10 Feb 2022 What's happening in the energy cloud and what does it mean for energy industry players? By Les Viszlai One of the most significant changes to electricity systems around the world in recent times has been the rapid expansion of Distributed...
08 Feb 2022 Feeling the Squeeze, Part 1: Are Wholesale Distributors Trapped by Disruption? By Marc Iampieri Joe Cubellis Mat Accardo Kevin Trembach +1 more... Show less The 2022 AlixPartners Disruption Index was released this week… and the headlines were profound. Disruption is clearly a top-of-mind issue...
01 Feb 2022 If you still think your supply chain is a cost center, think again – here a few ways to pivot By Akshay Balachandran "We’re currently in pain!”This was the response from one senior attendee at the recent Manifest: The Future of Logistics Conference when...