SUPPLY CHAIN
Organisations that draw on supplier innovation fare better than those who don ’ t , say Brandon Rael of Capgemini Invent & Nicolas Walden of The Hackett Group WRITTEN BY : SEAN ASHCROFT
Brandon Rael ( BR ) Strategy & Operations Leader , Capgemini Invent
Nicolas Walden ( NW ) Senior Director of Procurement Executive Advisory Membership Programme , The Hackett Group
According to a recent McKinsey survey , the organisations that leverage supplier know-how for innovation purposes enjoy up to 10 % more earnings ’ growth . And , given that ‘ supply chain ’ is also commonly referred to as the ‘ value chain ’, this makes perfect sense .
You see , the truth is , there ’ s a great deal of value to be had from suppliers – especially in today ’ s uncertain , disruption-filled world , with its greater reliance on innovation to keep things on track .
Here , we speak to two supplier relations experts for their insight into how organisations can extract maximum value from their supplier base :
Brandon Rael ( BR ) is Strategy & Operations Leader at Capgemini Invent . Capgemini is a French multinational IT services and consulting company ; Capgemini Invent is its innovation , design , and transformation arm , designed to generate scalable , real-world solutions to help its clients .
Nicolas Walden ( NW ) is Senior Director of Procurement Executive Advisory Membership Programmes for The Hackett Group – an advisory , benchmarking and transformation consulting specialist , whose Smart Automation Platform helps organisations plan , identify , design and monitor smart automation programmes .
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