Up to $4 trillion in revenue may have evaporated in supply chain disruptions

64% of U.S. and European companies report supply chain disruptions led to revenue losses from 6% to 20% in 2020 and significant damage to company’s brand Future supply chain disruptions expected, driven by geopolitical and trade issues, commodity price uncertainty, and cyberattacks Major shift in global supply chain strategy as redundancy and resilience deemed more […]

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Procurement drives sustainability across the supply chain

Arun Xavier, Category Director for Logistics and Supply Chain at GEP Sustainability projects across the supply chain have drawn the attention of executives and consumers in the last year. COVID-19 has had a massive impact on the way organisations as well as everyday people see the world. In crisis, when supply chains are shifting and […]

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How to Co-opt Your Suppliers to Reduce Carbon Emissions Across the Entire Supply Chain

By Khushboo Hanjura, Consultant, GEP, a leading provider of procurement and supply chain solutions to Fortune 500 companies. With the rise in public pressure and platforms that track environmental impact, sustainability is now a board-level topic. Moreover, investors — led by BlackRock, the world’s largest investment management firm — are compelling companies to track and […]

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Monitoring spending in real time – top priority for supply chain

The change brought to supply chains around the globe in 2020 will require companies to shift many aspects of their operations. According to John Piatek, GEP’s vice president, consulting, consumer goods and retail, and chairman of the firm’s Thought Leadership Council, organisations will have to rethink the whole ecosystem of partners and how decisions are […]

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The Logistics Point February 2021

Electrifying logistics won’t be an easy task! Luke Buchholtz, Global Logistics Lead for the HDR Logistics Practice, speaks to us abut the power struggle logistics is facing. And more in this edition: Monitoring spending is real time – GEP Worldwide shares best practices; Shipping adjusting to the next normal – what is happening in maritime […]

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