June 26th: Supply Chain Strategy & Financial Metrics Keynote – Bekaert
On June 26th Bram will host a hands-on workshop, during the Leadership Team Meeting of Bekaert, on the Supply Chain Triangle....
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October 18th: Supply Chain Strategy & Financial Metrics Keynote – Gartner
On October 18th Prof. dr. Bram Desmet is invited to be part of the Gartner Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) Executive Forum in Hamburg, Germany. The ...
The Supply Chain Triangle in the Supply Chain Ecosystem
In his foreword to my book and in earlier linkedin posts, Frank Vorrath, talks about the evolution towards a supply chain ecosystem. The idea w...
1 Supply Chain Ecosystem = 1 Strategy?
In an earlier blog we have already analyzed that different strategies lead to different supply chains and that supply chain is often mistaken f...
How Much Inventory Do You Really Need?
How much inventory do you really need? Companies try to answer in 2 ways: top-down and bottoms-up. In a top-down approach, we define an ‘overall’ ...
How Aftermarket Impacts the Supply Chain Triangle
Today at the ‘Dag van Inkoop & Logistiek’ of VIB in Antwerp, I came across Timmy Thijs, who is teamleader inventory management at Atlas Copco ...
November 8th: Supply Chain Strategy & Financial Metrics Keynote – Vlerick Business School, Ghent
During the Supply Chain Network 2018, organized by Vlerick Business School, Prof. dr. Bram Desmet will give a keynote on Supply Chain Strategy & F...
May 23rd: Supply Chain Strategy & Financial Metrics workshop – Old Heineken Brewery, Amsterdam
During this workshop, organized by Intent Group, Prof. dr. Bram Desmet will moderate a discussion on Supply Chain Strategy & Financial Metrics at ...
The Impact of Sustainability on Strategy and the Supply Chain Triangle
This blog discusses the impact of sustainability on strategy and the supply chain triangle. It is based on a discussion with Mathias Fahy, sust...
Why Every Strategy Deserves an Excellent Supply Chain
Last week I had the opportunity to introduce the key concepts of my book “Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics” to a group of senior produc...
April 24th: Day of purchasing and logistics – Antwerp
Interested to learn more about Supply Chain Strategy and Financial metrics? Prof. dr. Bram Desmet will speak at the Day of purchasing and logistics. ...
Smart & Connected Supply Chain Conference: Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics
Watch now Prof. dr. Bram Desmet’s presentation at ‘Smart & Connected Supply Chain Forum’ in Berlin....
Broadening the perspective on supply chain finance
The days that cost cutting in the supply chain was solely related to comparing unit price, are over. Incorporate a strategic angle in the discussion....
How to get, in three steps, from financial metrics to supply chain strategy
Financial metrics are key to evaluate business performance. Less well-known is that they are also good handles for agreeing on supply chain strategy....