The 7-Point Plan to Help Manufacturing Companies Mitigate Cost Inflation
This paper discusses supply chain and procurement strategies that will help industrial manufacturing and automotive companies manage costs and reduce inflationary pressure.
This paper discusses supply chain and procurement strategies that will help industrial manufacturing and automotive companies manage costs and reduce inflationary pressure.
April 25, 2022 | Pharma and Life Sciences
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s clinical trial database, more than 250 clinical trials are active in Ukraine. However, with the Russian invasion, these clinical trials face a significant risk.
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Amol Jawale
Vice President, Consulting
Amol is responsible for leading global teams and building long-lasting strategic client relationships for GEP’s Fortune 500 Pharma & Life Sciences clients.
He has vast experience in leading engagements focused on procurement strategy, delivery management, and competitive assessment and formulating business cases with C-Suite stakeholders to enable sustainable value creation.
Supply chains are being disrupted by inflation, volatility and uncertainties on all sides. In response to myriad challenges, enabling seamless collaboration between companies, their partners and suppliers has become a best practice for building resilience.
The latest Gartner newsletter explores the disruptions hammering global supply chains and reveals the most up-to-date insights into how leading companies are tackling them.
Resiliency is the top priority for supply chain leaders, according to a new Harvard Business Review Analytic Services study commissioned by GEP. Yet companies still need to do a lot of work to build it — and that work should start with supply chain collaboration.
This infographic distills insights from the Harvard Business Review Analytic Services report — Transforming Supply Chains for Higher Performance and Resiliency — to show why improved collaboration is essential for modern supply chains.
Supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and geopolitical barriers continue to test the strength of established processes, systems and networks. Most supply chain and procurement operations are optimized to manage in relatively stable conditions. What happens when previously solid systems become unreliable?
Enterprises have survived by responding at a foundational level in order to navigate disruptions and ensure their adaptability and resilience. Is your organization prepared?
Harness tech to drive convergence, close gaps and foster supply chain resilience
March 26, 2022 | CAPEX
As the Russia-Ukraine war continues unabated, the West’s economic sanctions on Russia have resulted in an uncertain and mixed supply environment for the oil & gas sector.
Rising oil prices will incentivize a sector-wide increase in production to meet the demands of a tightening market, spurring capital expenditure (capex) for new plants and assets in the upstream, midstream and downstream segments of the oil and gas industry.
The impact of sanctions doesn’t end here.
This paper recommends steps that businesses should take to secure their electronic components supply and avoid production and order fulfillment delays.
March 17, 2022 | Sourcing Strategy
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA has reset many trade and sourcing rules for automotive manufacturers who were tuned to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for nearly 25 years.
From 1994 to 2020 (when NAFTA was replaced with USMCA), most original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in the automotive sector knew the rules, the exceptions, and where and when to apply them.
The situation is different now.
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GEP helps enterprise procurement and supply chain teams at hundreds of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies rapidly achieve more efficient, more effective operations, with greater reach, improved performance, and increased impact. To learn more about how we can help you, contact us today.
Krish Vengat N.
Vice President, Consulting
Krish is a seasoned procurement and supply chain management professional proficient at delivering sustainable cost savings and process improvements across industries. He has been a part of multiple procurement transformation initiatives and secured around a billion dollars of savings in direct- and indirect-related spend and supply chain operations. His clients at GEP include Fortune 500 companies, primarily in CPG, automotive, and industrial manufacturing.
This GEP bulletin provides strategies retail companies in the U.S. can deploy to manage the supply chain risks and rising costs arising from the Russia-Ukraine war.