Supply Chain Specialist Gifts

"All six suppliers are complaining that you are not taking this selection process seriously!"

"When I hired you to improve our procurement process I was expecting more than go faster stripes on the strategy document!"

"I love these new regional distribution centers."

The happy union of rail and trucking.

'Please tell me these are NOT the outcome of the e-procurement for the new signs contract!'

Cheap Labour Countries.

"You want to pick up your orders yourself?..."

"While it's holding our new furniture, we're not paying for storage."

THE RIGHT PLACE A THE RIGHT TIME, 'It says they're closed for inventory.'

Distributor in love with a multitasking robot.

Cargo Bay at Thames Warehouse

'He's our newest recruit, a specialist in multi-jurisdictional consumer products..'

'Jones, your job we sent to China...well, they sent it back, so you can come back to work...'

"Yes, we've accepted late deliveries before... but 75 years!!!"

"You say we're running low on stock? Couldn't we just print out some new ones?"

"...and we plan to offer it as a scarce and valuable product."

"That isn't MY definition of contract segmentation..."

Delivery Driver. . . Pay Rise.

"His new clothes are stick in a container in Felixstowe."

Foreign Markets with Big Barriers

Made in China

Economy

Manufacturing will take place in China...So what role does Europe have?...you borrow money to be the customer

'It's not surprising. The production department is in Spain, the warehouse is in Korea, the accounting division is in Bolivia, the board of directors is in Canada.'

"It's simple supply and demand. The shorter the supply, the more money we demand."

Supply Chain

Coronavirus: Consequences for the economy!

"Procurement and their stakeholder journey down the procurement pathway... Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"

Blowing dust off an order book.

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

Ever Given

The contract was not worth the paper it was written on, which considering the paper was not a good sign.

Religious texts from heaven and hell find common ground...they are made in China.

"UK government aren’t budging boss. Sole supplier or not under the new procurement regulations our new contract has to have three KPIs..."

Low Hanging Fruit