Tweddle Supply Chain Management

Strategic alliances link the key capabilities of two or more organizations. The result is that all parties benefit from the partnership by trading things like skills, technologies, and products. Essentially, these alliances are partnerships that companies use to solve a mutual problem, while they remain independent.

"If you take the time to understand them and their motivations..."

Johnson Controls Inc. had a logistics mystery on its hands: thousands of reusable shipping boxes and storage racks were disappearing every year. The auto-parts maker, which was spending a small fortune to replace the equipment, launched an investigation.

Far from abating, the pace of change in the supply management procession continues to accelerate. ...

29% of procurement chiefs surveyed in the Deloitte study are planning to invest in supplier relationship management systems for the upcoming months.

"In order to develop relationships and working closer with suppliers, Toyota and Honda applied what they called a Supplier Partnering Hierarchy, a six step instruction to reach the maximum potential in a buyer supplier relationship."

The Outsourcing Decision Matrix is a good starting point for making decisions about whether or not to outsource tasks in your business.