The MCA’s Dealing with the Downturn series continues with advice to businesses that squeezing supply chains may deepen the recession, together with a collection of articles on supply chain strategies to help businesses.
The Weakest Link?, compiled in consultation with leading supply chain experts, says that businesses must collaborate with suppliers to help everyone through the recession.
The report found that only half of businesses have tried to involve their suppliers in cost-cutting strategies and over a third have failed to adapt their supply chains in response to the recession.
Another key finding from the report is that almost a third of businesses have cut back on their spending on measures to reduce their carbon footprint, whilst 40% of businesses view such measures as less important than they did a year ago.
The report is released along with a set of essays by MCA member supply chain experts covering topics including green supply chains, how to make supply chains tax-efficient, and practical advice on how to reduce supply chain risk.
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1. Supply chains hold the future for everyone
Alan Braithwaite and Martin Christopher, LCP Consulting
2. Customer-driven supply chains: a fresh perspective for tough times
Tim Lawrence and Kevin Clarke, PA Consulting Group
3. Is it time to look again at Lean?
Mark Walton and Simon Dawson, PricewaterhouseCoopers
4. Reducing inventory by optimising the design of your supply chain
Alan Walker, Hitachi Consulting
5. Tax-efficient supply chains
Gustav Mauer, Ernst & Young
6. Even supply chain “leaders” need to focus on risk
Mark Thompson, CSC
7. Sustainable sourcing and supply chains offer true competitive advantage
Jeremy Hammant and Alan Braithwaite, LCP Consulting
8. The new sourcing paradigm
Andy Gallagher, Compass Management Consulting
9. Avoid a chain reaction… get back to basics
John Sheridan, Alsbridge
10. Ten steps to reduce supply chain risk
Nigel Issa, Atos Consulting
11. Keeping ahead of supply chain risk and uncertainty
William F. Read, Accenture and Maha Muzumdar, Oracle