23-Jan-2020 | Sudy Bharadwaj
As direct sourcing gained steam in the 1990s and 2000s, it usually encompassed five critical business areas: design, plan, manufacture, deliver, and operate. Fundamentally, these five areas have no
9-Oct-2019 | Sudy Bharadwaj
From smartphones to automobiles to knowing who rings your doorbell, society is embracing innovation – permeating nearly every aspect of our lives. But even innovations such as cell and gene therapie
9-Jul-2019 | Sudy Bharadwaj
Initiatives that involve your suppliers usually are meant to benefit you, since you are the owner of the initiative. Before embarking on technology adventures such as the Internet of Things (IoT), blo
7-May-2019 | Sudy Bharadwaj
Life sciences and consumer goods organizations constantly innovate product offerings to improve lives. These advancements, although beneficial, can be costly – in part due to the large extended supp
23-Jan-2019 | Sudy Bharadwaj
In a previous blog, I mentioned work-in-process (WIP) inventory. One question I hear: Why WIP? Why not raw materials inventory? Why not finished goods inventory? Depending on factors such as your b
22-Aug-2018 | Sudy Bharadwaj
A financial analyst or supply chain professional who is new to life sciences might be tempted to cry when looking at working capital requirements of some life sciences organizations. But such high inv
16-Aug-2018 | Sudy Bharadwaj
High-performing sourcing organizations continually achieve direct-spend cost savings. How do they do it? To find out, SAP benchmarked 616 enterprises across 15 industries, using annual savings rate
9-Aug-2018 | Sudy Bharadwaj
The proliferation of private label, white label, and store brands has caused a fundamental shift in how retailers think and operate from a supply management perspective. Retailers that are focused on
17-May-2018 | Sudy Bharadwaj
In the late mid-to-late '90s, the early days of collaboration brought visibility to organizations from their supply base. This level of visibility was usually in the form of basic information, such as
13-Apr-2018 | Sudy Bharadwaj
According to ChainLink Research, organizations outsource about 30% of their manufacturing on average, and that amount will continue to grow as firms shift the production of certain items to contra
