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Click: Thousands of research publications & presentations (all copies available upon request, including from my library)

Click: Thousands of research publications & presentations (all copies available upon request, including from my library)

For some reason, this is my most viewed paper (over 20,000 reads): Using FMEA for Supply Chain Risk Management, click For some reason, this is my most cited research paper (over 500 citations): Toward a measure of the competitive priorities for purchasing, click SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCH COLLECTION and INTEREST Operations and Sourcing Strategy, Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing, Total Quality Management, Environmental Cost Measurement Systems, Supply Chain Risk Management, Corporate Social Responsibility,...
Click: Laundry list of my top rated supply chain videos…

Click: Laundry list of my top rated supply chain videos…

Over 40 hours of SCM content, 4,300 YouTube Followers, over 1,000 views daily, & over 400,000 views total... What is Supply Chain Management? Career talk w/Dr. Curkovic. Hot Major 2022. $70K & $100K+ by 30! Podcast: Supply Chain Skills Employers are Seeking- with Sime Curkovic, Professor at Western Michigan University https://scmtalent.com/podcast-sime-curkovic Recent Podcast/Video: Problem-Solving... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCnsH5JPtss&t=93s Recent Podcast/Video: With supply chains constantly in the news, many people are making the decision...
ROI and Your Core Competency (i.e., SCM?)

ROI and Your Core Competency (i.e., SCM?)

In 1990 C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel published The Core Competence of the Corporation that to this day is the most reprinted article in the history of the Harvard Business Review (HBR). It keeps getting reprinted because its premise is still very relevant (perhaps more so today). This core competency article argues that every organization needs to focus all of its scarce, limited, and valuable resources (manpower, machines, money, management, and material – the 5Ms) on...
To stay competitive, companies are forced to outsource commodities and focus on their core competency

To stay competitive, companies are forced to outsource commodities and focus on their core competency

Today, to stay commercially competitive, companies are forced to outsource commodities and focus on their core competency and creative ways to increase product value. Traditionally, most buying organizations use a competitive bidding process to find a supplier for the selected commodities to outsource, whereas they will send out Request for Quotation (RFQs) to get bids from suppliers for the business. To get the lowest cost possible, typically, buying organizations will...
The primary elements for sourcing a supply partner

The primary elements for sourcing a supply partner

One of the primary elements for sourcing a supply partner is cost and a solid practice to have is receiving at least three quotes from highly qualified suppliers. However, there is more to an RFQ (Request for Quote) than just a financial breakdown of requested parts and/or services. The use of multi-round competitive bidding ultimately results in a pricing war between suppliers; a war that reduces their costs, but also reduces profit margins. This...
Robust Payment Terms and Creative Buyer-Supplier Financing

Robust Payment Terms and Creative Buyer-Supplier Financing

Industry is expected to see a multitude of suppliers complaining about cash-flow issues.  But the supplier havoc, for the most part, does not need to happen.  The solution might be as simple as robust payment terms and creative buyer-supplier financing. Large OEM buying organizations often try to negotiate not paying suppliers for as long 90-180 days after they actually receive material and/or services. As a function of being the customer...
Corporate Strategy’s critical impact on the predisposition and progress toward managing risks in SCM

Corporate Strategy’s critical impact on the predisposition and progress toward managing risks in SCM

Our group conducted research about the potential for managing risks in Supply Chain Management.  Firms overwhelmingly agree there is no obvious single application for managing supply chain risks on the market.  Most firms are only using existing SCM applications for managing risk.  In the absence of risk management applications, these firms are building risk considerations into traditional SCM applications (e.g., spend, contract, & inventory management, demand planning, benchmarking, building long-term...
The Supply Chain Management Organization’s critical impact on the predisposition and progress toward managing risks

The Supply Chain Management Organization’s critical impact on the predisposition and progress toward managing risks

Our group conducted a research about the potential for managing risks in Supply Chain Management.  Risk management was mostly handled by a corporate function, usually dealing with insurance companies and some security issues.  However, risk management in the supply chain has emerged rather recently and it appears many managers and functional areas are not involved.  Most strongly disagreed their workplace uses supply chain risk managers who work closely with corporate...
Process Management’s critical impact on the predisposition and progress toward managing risks in SCM

Process Management’s critical impact on the predisposition and progress toward managing risks in SCM

For the full report, see: For a copy of the full report with data Our group conducted research about the potential for managing risks in Supply Chain Management.  This study showed that documenting the likelihood & impact of risks was not a key part of SCM and that supply chain risk information was not readily available to key-decision makers.  Furthermore, very few firms are actually able to exploit risk to...
IT’s critical impact on the predisposition and progress toward managing risks in SCM

IT’s critical impact on the predisposition and progress toward managing risks in SCM

For a copy of the full report, see: For a copy of the full report with data Our group conducted research about the potential for managing risks in Supply Chain Management.  Firms had information of what goes on in other parts of their supply chain.  An issue on information was not suggested.  Managers seemed satisfied with their supply chain group’s performance on “Visibility” (detailed knowledge of what goes on in...