Bookmark Email Print this page

Supply Chain

Deloitte Debates 

This series examines today’s most pressing business issues from many angles. The Debates offer a healthy discussion of options, immediate impacts and long-term consequences. The following Debates address some of your supply chain-related concerns.

Featured Insights

  • Bring Manufacturing Jobs Home!
    The gap in structural costs between U.S. and offshore manufacturing has shrunk by almost half in the past three years. Some companies are already bringing jobs back home. Is that trend likely to continue?
  • The Growth–Profitability Trade Off: Method or Myth?
    Whether or not you’re a believer in “green shoots,” it’s likely you’re watching closely for signs of an upswing. But can you pursue meaningful growth without sacrificing the next quarter’s numbers?
  • Renegotiating Outsourcing Contracts: Play Hard Ball or Win-Win?
    Renegotiating contracts can save companies up to 25 percent on larger outsourcing agreements. Should you start with benchmarking and play hardball – or team with suppliers to overhaul the service delivery model?
  • Cost-to-Serve: Worth Digging For?
    Among top packaged goods companies, cost-to-serve is part of their DNA. Should companies in other sectors adopt the practices of leaders in packaged goods?
  • The Working Capital Cash Cow
    Does a better focus on working capital management provide the best source of much needed cash – or is it simply a temporary fix that puts customer and supplier relationships at risk?
  • It’s Time to Circle the Supply Chain Wagons
    When the economy slows, should you get rid of unnecessary costs across the entire supply chain or get rid of customers and revenue streams that aren’t profitable?

Stay Connected

  • E-mail Us
  • Subscribe
  • Send RFP
  • Careers
  • RSS Feeds