“China’s development is blessed with a rare period of strategic opportunities. And if we don’t grasp it, it will slip away,” said Wen Jiabao, giving a speech at Harvard in December of 2003.
Organizational Performance
A broad category – Anything related to the performance of companies and institutions, including measurement of performance (metrics, ESG), and improvement of performance (best practices, etc.)
APS Implementation Truths
After significant negativity in the press, we decided to find out what the true story was — was APS worth it?
Brand Management for Manufacturing
In last month’s article we looked at the supply chain-brand connection for retailers. This month we take the manufacturer’s perspective.
Keeping Your Brand’s Promise: The Supply Chain – Brand Connection
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Dynamics of the Retailer-Supplier Relationship
In both retail and consumer-product-goods sectors, the gap between winners and losers widens every day. What is it about the winners that makes them more and more successful, extending their lead everyquarter? What are the dynamics driving this “battlefront” between retailersand their suppliers in the struggle for projects, profits, customers and market share? What can trading partners do to win a stronger power position in the supply chain? To answer these questions, ChainLink Research surveyed more than 130 leading retailers and manufacturers. Our unique approach explores the perspective from both sides of the trading-partner link to uncover differences in perception and reveal the myths and the realities.