​COVID-19 has not only disrupted but also challenged global supply chains in unprecedented ways. Multinational organisations have spent decades producing complex global supply chains and networks to maximise efficiency and to minimise cost, while being blind to the impact serious shocks like COVID-19 can have on the entire value chain.McKinsey & Company researchers repo...

Procurement and supply chain professionals adapted to change and find a way to keep it going despite pandemic. Because of this new normal and adaptation, the workforce has experienced and found the beauty of working from home. This, as a result, leading us all to rethink the meaning of work-life balance.

DSJ Global Live Webinar at Global Sources Online ShowDSJ Global was invited by Global Sources as one of the panelist of the live panel discussion on their first-ever Online Sourcing show. At the live panel discussion, our Senior Consultant Patrick Ogwu, along with Renaud Anjordan, Founder at Sofeast Ltd and Regina Peterburgsky, Women on Amazon, has discussed and shared insig...

The DSJ Global Job Confidence Index 2020 is a new annual report that aims to measures confidence in the supply chain labor market. This report aims to answer some questions about what global supply chain workforce is thinking:Do they find their jobs secure? Are they planning to stay with their current employer? Are they confident that they can find a new opportunity in three...

While the global pandemic will inevitably result in long term transformations to the form and function of the workplace, the short term will mostly be characterized by iterative solutions intended to buy time and weather immediate concerns.It is uncertain when or if a vaccine for COVID-19 will be discovered, and radical reorganization of the workplace could prove an unnecess...

Top five strategies to create a resilient supply chain that will protect your business from future disruption.

​Key insights:The factors contributing to the supply chain talent ‘perfect storm’The reasons why women withdraw from the recruitment processHow to attract and keep female talent in supply chainRecognition of the strategic importance of gender diversity is growing, but many qualified women are dropping out of the recruitment process, according to our global survey. Our result...

​Throughout Q1 2020, health concerns amid the Coronavirus outbreak have made a visible dent in today's economy not just within APAC, but also on a global scale as business leaders are scrambling to minimise the ripple effects to their global supply chains.China’s manufacturing is significantly important as it is linked to the rest of the world’s supply chains Whilst an estim...

Meeting Demand with the Right TalentThe Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in the largest working-from-home population in human history alongside great disruptions to the supply chain. High demand alongside constrained labour and resource capacity in manufacturing and logistics have created critical shortages for medical equipment and essential consumer goods.How is recruitment i...

​The coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains worldwide regarding parts, labour and government restrictions. The last large-scale health scare came in the face of the SARS outbreak in 2003, which had a significant impact on the supply chains of China. However, since 2003, China’s supply chains are contrastingly gargantuan in size and now account for 16% of global GDP...

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to addressing gender diversity and workforce equality in Asia. While the region shares an upward economic trajectory, the pace of development varies significantly between countries. And so, too, does the advancement of women’s participation in the workforce. In developing countries, most of the workforce remains heavily dependent on agr...

​​90% of CEOs report that diversity is a top business priority, yet the dial towards progress has hardly moved in recent years. A 2017 survey by Supply Chain Insights found that 72% of respondents identified as male and 57% identified as Caucasian.In this guide, we explore the current ‘state of the union’ for women in colour in STEM-related fields and the underlying processe...

​​As the life sciences industry transitions towards complex biopharmaceuticals and highly customized devices and treatments for patients, supply chain operations is also becoming increasingly complex. In the recent report, Dare To Be Different: It’s time to revamp collaboration in life sciences contract manufacturing[1], Accenture describes how life sciences companies and co...

​​In 2018, China’s corporate spending on research and development (R&D) surged by 20%. While PwC reported that Chinese companies spend on R&D grew the most globally in the 12 months to June 2018, at an increase of 34%. However it’s being measured, one thing is clear: Chinese firms are investing heavily in R&D and are almost to the point of parity (in terms of spe...

​This article is continually updated as changes occur during the trade war.The supply chain and procurement industry in 2019 has so far been marked by the escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies, the US and China, with each country imposing escalating tariffs on the other. Despite a 90-day ceasefire reached at the G20 summit, stakeholders all along the...

​The automotive industry is on the cusp of major disruption. On the horizon are mass-produced electric vehicles fully connected to the Internet of Things, perhaps even ones that drive themselves. On-demand vehicles could change the way people own or rent cars, much in the same way streaming services disrupted audio and video. Therefore, many argue it is crucial auto industry...

​In recent years, the issue of sustainability has become an urgent global topic, with plastic pollution identified as one of the most dire threats to the planet’s survival. Many feel the time is now for corporations and conglomerates that have relied on plastics in the past to find solutions to reduce and recycle throughout their supply chain.​One Word: PlasticsPlastics have...

​AI/IoT integrationThe digital transformation is well underway and AI/IoT seems poised to bring revolutionary change to procurement. However, the road will not be easy as the technology is still in its early stages of use; according to Harvard Business Review, just 7% of manufacturers are using it to automate production activities and AI has not been widely adapted in SCM. T...

​Artificial Intelligence is becoming more commonplace in people’s daily lives than ever before. From ‘smart replies’ in email at the click of a button (‘Thanks!’, ‘Let’s do it!’) in response to your email content, chatbots so accurate you think you’re speaking with a real person, to Google’s algorithm of course, using machine learning from previous searches to show you the ‘...

​As the web of global procurement continues to expand and evolve, so too are the methods used to obtain parts, supplies, and services at optimal price points. Gone are the days of instinct or precedent that made the job somewhat predictable and stable; today’s sourcing specialists must have skills, both tangible and intangible, to help their companies improve their bottom li...