The input-process-output ( ICT model) is a way of looking at the firm’s value chain. Supply managers handle the input coming in and the marketing folks handle the output coming out. Like: global suppliers ->supply chain->[firm-]->marketing->global customers Supply and Marketing folks are people who sit at either end of the firm and look atContinue reading “Input-process-output and the supply-firm-marketing chain”
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The G-20 meeting and global supply chains
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Managing risks, actuaries and lessons from AIG- where was the human factor?
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Actuarial sciences are primarily mathematical and depend on past data. Since there was no past data the risk of insuring the mortgage-backed securities was underestimated. AIG insured banksContinue reading “Managing risks, actuaries and lessons from AIG- where was the human factor?”
Closing Newspapers changing Ad World
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Supply Chains and Distribution Channels (B2B) really don’t talk to each other
The IBM Study (Accessed February 2009) points out that visibility and risk are important concerns of supply chain managers. The summary of the report suggests that companies seem to be more in touch with their suppliers than their customers when it comes to aligning supply with demand. More bluntly the buy side and the sell side have little clue about what’s developing on either side of the firm’s value chain.
From Culture’s Consequences to “Project Match” – IBM needs to add home country fixed costs
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Why Search Advertising like Google AdWords should work better in tough times
In tough times like these, Ad budgets tend to get cut across swathes of industries and company sizes. “Tough times get the tough going,” is the old adage- so what can tough advertisers do? Some money on search advertising may be a good bet. As David Ogilvy said “Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn’t sell muchContinue reading “Why Search Advertising like Google AdWords should work better in tough times”
Towards global B-to-B trust and transparency in 2009
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Outsourcing and innovation – Hackett Study and NESCON Workshop
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CRM on iPhone
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