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‘NON-ZERO’ APPROACHES TO SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT EVOLVES SRM › › Top relationships develop to become integrated › › The trend towards win-win continues › › End to end supply chains create more value for customers › › Supply ‘ecosystems’ focus on balance of risk and opportunity for success › › New tools and technology drive trust, transparency and reliability › › Supply chain becoming a magnet for top students For more on ‘non-zero’, see the State of Flux article ‘SRM no longer a zero-sum game’ on page 146 CORPORATE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSER) BECOMES FUNDAMENTAL › › Country and company CSER opt outs disappear › › CSER policies expand globally › › Emerging countries increasingly legislate for CSER › › Foreign corporations adopt global CSER norms For more on CSER and SRM, see the State of Flux article ‘is CSER still on the business agenda?’ on page 105 UNPREDICTABILITY BECOMES PREDICTABLE › › Risk, resiliency and preparedness define winners as conflict, terror and geographic disturbances change business behaviours repeatedly › › Supply chains become three dimensional and more cost efficient › › Multi-tiered › › Risk reduction and emergence of end to end supply chain risk management › › Need for increased velocity › › Supply chains break through barriers to become faster, more cost efficient and safer. For more on effective risk management via SRM, see the State of Flux article ‘risk – is it time for supply chains to come home?’ on page 79 GROWTH OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL SOURCING › › Regional sourcing expands as economies grow › › Regional manufacturing pulls back supplier ecosystems › › In the US and Midwest: a manufacturing renaissance › › In Europe: growth in Poland, Romania and the Ukraine – become a local low cost option › › In Asia: India and Indonesia grow to compete with China › › CSER becomes the norm in emerging countries
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