THE BRIEF
“ THE CPO ROLE IS OFTEN ABOUT TELLING THE COMPANY WHAT IT NEEDS TO HEAR , NOT WHAT IT WANTS TO HEAR ”
Jon Willescroft Chief Procurement Officer G4S
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“ WE ' RE KNOWN AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE ATOMIC BOMB YET MANY PEOPLE DON ' T REALISE WE STILL EXIST ”
Christine Hipp Acquisition Services Leader Los Alamos National Laboratory
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“MANY ORGANISATIONS ARE TURNING TO SUPPLY NETWORKS RATHER THAN CHAINS TO SOURCE GOODS LOCALLY ”
Richard Jowers Director of Value Advisory , Intelligent Spend & Business Network SAP
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BY THE NUMBERS
REPAIR
Owners run repair and maintenance services to extend product life
The four elements of a circular supply chain
RECYCLING
Parts , components and material are fed back into the next production cycle
REFURBISHMENT
Manufacturers refresh , and resell , products they collect from consumers
Source : McKinsey
RESALE / RENTAL
Owners resell products , or rent from others
EDITOR ' S CHOICE
Top 10 : Supply chain & logistics colleges in the US
Among the top supply chain & logistics colleges in the US are MIT , Stanford , Carnegie Mellon & Berkeley
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Supply chain professional on brink of burnout , study shows
A study suggests over half of procurement professionals are facing burnout due to cost-cutting pressures
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Gartner in plastic packaging U-turn greenwashing warning
Gartner says businesses are ditching ' unworkable ' programmes to cut plastics usage in packaging , and that many will face greenwashing storm
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16 March 2023