Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Saturday 22nd of April was Earth Day and images such as this were plastered all over Social Media by corporations desperate to show their Green credentials. In this article I’m looking at what Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) is, how it is a critical part of Supply Chain Design and integral to every modern business….
O2C: Order Process
One thing I love about O2C is it shows Supply Chain as the enabler of Sales and Revenue Recognition – we are taking the metaphorical baton and passing it along – it also clearly demonstrates the chain concept itself being woven through a whole business…
Fail Fast, Learn From It, Move On
As you progress in your career you would probably like to think that trial and error is a thing of the past and certainly not a suitable method for moving a business forward - you would mostly be right with that assessment too, however the philosophy of using failure to succeed cannot be overlooked or underrated…
Monday 13th vs. Friday 13th
It’s been three years since we did our first day of remote work - how has that changed us and what does it mean for the future?
US Retailers’ Canadian Problems
Many times I have seen the presumption that Canada is simply a smaller version of the US, indeed the greatest adjustment I had to make when taking on my Toronto based position was ensuring that I didn’t fall into that very trap. It’s an easy mistake to make…
Being Thankful (Even in Supply Chain)…
Supply Chains are doing exactly what they are built to do - finding solutions and displaying resilience. I’m enormously proud of how resilient Dyson’s Supply Chain has been through a globally tumultuous year and I’m excited heading into Q4 watching our goods go out in volume over the peak holiday season
Three Years, Three Learnings
Three years at Dyson, already? Feels like a big enough number to write something here about. I love the number three anyway, so in celebration of three years at Dyson, here are three things that I have learned…
Resilience & Business As Usual
It has been an…eventful few months. Back in March (or what feels like a decade ago) everything changed in the US, and our already lighting fast pace at Dyson somehow managed to go up a few notches more to deal with the events created and permeated by the Coronavirus Pandemic…
It’s Just Like Riding A Bike…
I tore my ACL and my recovery showed that the values we work to and live to are not just applicable in Supply Chain…
The Wonder
That wonder, of seeing the unknown, is something we are very quick to make ordinary, to forget about and devalue. Plastic is so ubiquitous, it is everywhere in every part of daily life, that we don’t even acknowledge it, we don’t question how it is made. If you look around you now, even ignoring the computer, phone or tablet you're reading this on there will be man-made synthetic material within sight. This has been consciously made and fashioned, yet its very prevalence means we don't question how it was fashioned, the thought, research and countless hours that have gone into being able to produce it.