Supply Chain Resilience

Procurement Trends 2025
Supply Chain Resilience

Procurement Trends 2025

The 2025 CPO agenda is defined by a rapidly evolving landscape of challenges and opportunities. As procurement leaders face rising uncertainty and complexity, a proactive and strategic approach is essential. Key trends will shape priorities, driving ...

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

Strengthening pharmaceutical supply chain resilience
Supply Chain Resilience

Strengthening pharmaceutical supply chain resilience

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

Near- and friendshoring: Increasing supply chain resilience
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.

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

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

26/01/2024 – BBC : Red Sea Disruption
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