For 40 years, companies and academia see logistics as a main ‘process’ within companies. Supply chain become an individual department similar as purchasing, sales, finance and R&D. Focussing on supply chain can lead to success but still are a lot of companies not aware of the possibilities of this discipline. …

As a German conglomerate company specialized in electrical engineering and electronics, operates Siemens the world market with eight different divisions ranging from Power and Gas to Mobility. This study refers to the division Siemens Building Technologies (BT), the worlds market leader for energy efficient …

Als je veel diensten uitbesteedt, wordt de facilitaire prestatie in toenemende mate bepaald door het presteren van de gecontracteerde leveranciers. En om die goed presterende leveranciers te selecteren en aan je te binden, is het van groot belang dat facilitaire inkoop uitstekend presteert.

Op 25 mei 2018 moet bij organisaties de ingrijpend gewijzigde privacywet geving geïmplementeerd zijn. Veel contracten met leveranciers omvatten de verwerking van persoonsgegevens. Inkoopadviseur Gert Walhof en jurist Robert Grandia presenteren een stappenplan om op tijd klaar te zijn voor de nieuwe regels …

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Tax evasion, delayed trains & untidy death seem to be parts of our daily lives. But what about the digitalisation dragons? Will they wipe away B2B sales and procurement as we know it, our will we see a more nuanced picture? The first Part on this topic so far has attracted 3700+ readers at our PSF website. …

We hear about disruptive technologies and live in a VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous). New technologies will change business models as they have always done. However the four VUCA factors have varying impacts on business “which defies confident diagnosis and befuddles executives” …

This research was executed in response to the behaviour of many personnel during a Risk Advisory and Assurance Services (RAAS)-audit on board a R-class vessel of Holland America Line (HAL), one of the subsidiary companies of Carnival Corporation. A RAAS-audit is an internal audit performed by auditors …

Much has been written on differences and similarities of B2B sales and procurement professionals. Sometimes these two types seem to come from two different planets, but then we hear talk of synergies and the need to cooperate more closely. Let’s first discuss the “Women Are from Venus; Men Are from Mars” …