Supply Chain Resilience

Supply Chain Resilience

Navigating the power cable supply crunch: A resilience framewo...

Electricity utility companies face a critical cable supply shortage, driven by increasing demand and limited supply.

Supply Chain Resilience

Strengthening pharmaceutical supply chain resilience

The EU Medicines Alliance advocates a “derisking” strategy rather than complete decoupling from external API sources.

Supply Chain Resilience

Near- and friendshoring: Increasing supply chain resilience

Near- and friendshoring are no longer short-lived fads: around two-thirds of the respondents to our survey intend to restructure their supply chains accordingly in the coming years.

Supply Chain Resilience

The impact of the due diligence legislation on procurement in...

Ahead of the new EU Supply Chain Law, most companies in the healthcare sector have begun compliance efforts, though some doubt its practical implementation. A survey conducted at the end of 2023 included over 650 decision-makers from Germany and Fran...

Supply Chain Resilience

The impact of the due diligence legislation on procurement in...

Consumer companies face the dual challenge of adapting to the Due Diligence Directive while navigating an increasingly complex market: inflation has been a critical issue, while consumer spending habits have dampened.

Supply Chain Resilience

26/01/2024 – BBC : Red Sea Disruption

Patrick Lepperhoff speaks to the BBC’s Asia Business Report on the Red Sea shipping disruption

Supply Chain Resilience

Responding to the red sea crisis

What can companies do now and how can they protect themselves against supply bottlenecks and rising freight prices in the long term?

Supply Chain Resilience

Study on the EU supply chain law: How well prepared are compan...

The European Parliament and the EU member states agreed on the EU Supply Chain Act in December 2023. Find out how well the participants are prepared for the changes.

Supply Chain Resilience

Procurement and Supply Chain trends for 2024

More than half of a typical company’s total annual budget will be spent with external suppliers. Yet CEOs often spend only 1% of their time with these vital partners, relying on their procurement team to manage the relationships.

Supply Chain Resilience

90% of companies see nearshoring as key way of safeguarding su...

Nearshoring and reshoring remain enduring trends for participants of the latest KGM Strategy Nearshoring Study.