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How Did Bollinger Make The Transition To Manufacturing EV Commercial Trucks?
December 5, 2023
“The B4 & B5 were created to address problems we saw in commercial trucking & last mile transport. Built from the ground up to be the solution to those issues, tackling sustainability, fleet transition & ultimately making the change to an EV fleet as seamless & efficient as possible.” – Bollinger (November 28th, 2023) This […]
Posted in: Commentary
A Red Wagon, 2 Cent Glass Bottles, And The Evolution of Coca-Cola’s Circular Economy
December 5, 2023
As a reminiscent aside, in the 1960s, I remember my friends and I taking a little red wagon around the neighborhood collecting glass bottles to return to the store at 2 cents apiece. we bought a lot of our candy this way while being part of an early circular economy 😉 – My Life At […]
Posted in: Commentary, ESG
What Does Sultan Al Jaber, the President of COP28’s 2023 Comments, and John Elkington’s Seminal 1997 Book Have In Common?
December 4, 2023
EDITOR’S NOTE: here are not one but two separate yet related comments I made on a great LinkedIn post by David Loseby regarding Sultan Al Jabar’s comments that “there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, the Guardian and the Centre for Climate Reporting […]
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Heineken Speaks And Consumers Should Listen
December 3, 2023
Click this Link To Watch the Above Video Before I share my take on the above video, I want to provide some context. In the following excerpt from my article “How Painful Are the Hidden Costs of an ESG Strategy?” I wrote the following: “I am not writing this article to suggest we put the […]
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Substitute “Solar System” With “Supply Chain” . . .
December 2, 2023
The words “supply chain” suggest a sequential and orderly process, e.g., what many people think. How Supply Chains Actually Work Rather than a chain or chains, we are actually dealing with constantly evolving supply networks that, albeit somewhat synchronized, have different paths or trajectories of their own. What would happen if the planets’ orbits changed? […]
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5 Questions All Procurement Professionals Must Answer To Succeed In 2024
December 1, 2023
📢 Calling all procurement and supply chain professionals: YOUR VOICE MATTERS! For the next issue of our magazine, which will be out by the first half of December, we drafted some questions for Jon Hansen, Strategic Advisor from Procurement Insights. Jon thought those were “universal questions all professionals should ask themselves“, so we decided to propose them to you! […]
Posted in: Commentary
Frayed Wires: Is The Consumer Market Unplugging From The EV Industry?
November 30, 2023
“The lithium-ion battery, one of the primary components of an electric vehicle, requires various minerals, including cobalt. However, mining these minerals comes at an ethical, moral, and environmental cost.” Iain Campbell McKenna, Silent Victims: The Moral Cost of Electric Cars (April 12th, 2023) https://bit.ly/3pcqW5f “The stream of used cars heading to West African ports is only expected […]
Posted in: Commentary
What’s “The Secret” to Victoria’s Secret Supplier Diversity Success?
November 30, 2023
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is one comment I received regarding yesterday’s supplier diversity post and my subsequent response. Reader Comment: Jon W. Hansen, in my opinion, it’s one of those where all parties have an accountability to act. Consumers and Shareholders require/pressure/demand higher diversity; Procurement has the organizational power to enable and convert purchases into social […]
Posted in: Commentary, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion
Are Supplier Diversity Programs Running Out of Gas – Again?
November 29, 2023
“When I was given an advanced peek at Jamie Crump’s white paper, “Rumors of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: How Supplier Diversity Will Thrive in 2024 and Beyond”, a cascade of thoughts ran through my head. To start, I was reminded of my research on diversity some time ago and how, even though it is […]
Posted in: Commentary, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion
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In Business Since 1982, A Who’s Who Client List In The Food and Beverage Industry, and Real-Time Market Price Coverage and Analysis – Do You Know Me?
December 6, 2023
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When I started writing this blog in May 2007, one of the reasons was to provide unknown companies such as Coupa, Zycus, and others with a venue through which they could connect with a wider and more direct audience. By the way, here is the very first post about Coupa titled “Moving Procurement Practice Beyond […]