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Monthly Archives: October 2014

Create a Supply Chain Virtuous Circle..

31 Friday Oct 2014

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Linkedein Circle ed1Securing a competitive offer is getting tougher!

The basis to achieve and a have successful competitive offer are the 4 parts of Good Business Growth:

  • Securing the product to specification – Quality.
  • Delivery on time in the most cost efficient way – Availability.
  • Socially and Environmentally assured – Code of Conduct compliant.
  • A Low Price with a meaning – a functioning, well designed, guilt free product that is available on the shelf for the customer to buy.

All the above are integral – they are linked; if one goes down then the business is at jeopardy and if the buyer/vendor’s are not careful they can quickly go into a vicious circle. However, at the same time if one of the 4 parts performs to a higher level then it will in turn help bring the rest of the business to a level of continuous improvement – a virtuous circle.

From the design, merchandising, production, and compliance teams through to the logistic operations they all need to be aligned. If they work, plan and KPI separately in the above, they will create a vicious circle. Avoid this through the application of Good Business Growth and create a Virtuous Circle.

Mark K.Astley

The brands shall make the world a better place!

24 Friday Oct 2014

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shutterstock_202216336The customers on the high street or online do not want to make the world a better place!! They want the brands to do that for them. The brands need to obliterate guilt in buying their products and services by making visible, meaningful and constructive actions in their products, their processes and the way they sell.

Some recent examples in how the major global brands are trying to obliterate the guilt free buy and develop a better world for their stakeholders.

  • Tesco: The giant UK supermarket chain decided earlier this year that they would remove chocolate and sweets from the sales check out in order to help the customer to make a more informed purchase.
  • Subway: The sandwich retailer removed chemical ingredients from its bread that enhance the shelf life, despite them being legal and being approved by the FDA in the US.
  • Intel: The technology chipmaker has removed all ‘conflict’ minerals from its products.
  • Apple Inc: Have publicly confirmed to the world that they make profit from great products. They do not monetise data and customer information.
  • Tesla: The electronic car maker no longer enforces its patented auto technology, in order to secure faster development of electric cars and the global benefits that this will bring.
  • European cloth retailers eg H&M, ASOS, Topshop etc: no longer allow the use of angora in its products due to the industry practices in its supply.

All the above examples have been implemented this year. They have resulted in extra costs and sacrifices to the above organisation, but they have responded to the stakeholder issues and concerns in their supply chain.. The point about sacrifice is not valid in the medium to long term. There will always be an alternative and most of the time better solutions, its part of the business evolution of change and adaption.

In the supply chain, this evolution and brand responsibility to make the world a better place should be a constant part of the process. Its needs to continually find efficiencies through Product Quality, Social and Environmental compliance, Availability and Price. It has to develop and grow to ensure a guilt free, affordable, product purchase by the customer – GOOD BUSINESS GROWTH..

Robert Vernon Associates looks forward to helping your organisation to achieve Good Business Growth..

Mark K. Astley

 

 

RVA: Training Providers

17 Friday Oct 2014

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RVA Trainers  have over 40 years combined experience working with global retailers and suppliers  operating across the Far East and Europe. Work with them through our series of training courses exploring ways to improve performance and minimise risk in the fast developing and ever demanding world-supply market. These courses are highly activity-based, learning in a fun, informative and interesting way. See the list of training courses below..

 

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The Current Programme of Training Courses Offered by Robert Vernon Associates:

1. PRAS: Risk Management

2. CEPQ: Customer Experienced Product Quality

3.  CofC: Code of Conduct Management

4. Good Business Growth: 1 Day Senior Management course.

5. Good Business Growth: 2 day Training Course Autumn_Winter 14

Please use contact form below for more course details including location and costs..

 

 

The RVA Team – a considerable number of years experience..

10 Friday Oct 2014

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Trevor Bailey  MSc BEd CertEd is an International Consultant, Lecturer & Trainer with 35 years experience.trevor profile picture

Jukka Vasarainen is an experienced Textile Engineer with over  30 years in manufacturing and sourcing.

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Elizabeth Morgan has more than 25 years experience creating successful and profitable brands, and growing markets, through innovation in marketing and product development.6352518[1]

 

 

 

 

0c36c4c[1]Dr Andrew Tempest has over 23 year senior management experience at the Mars Group.

 

 

 

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International Development – The Buyer Led Approach by Robert Vernon Associates

03 Friday Oct 2014

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Foreign aid does an enormous amount for the world’s poor, but many times when projects end, the recipients of aid can still remain poor. With Robert Vernon Associates background and experience working in developing countries, we can provide valuable support for government and NGO programmes using the following principles of a Buyer Led Approach in International Development:

  1. Buying organizations should be recognized as central figures linking local suppliers in the developing world with global market demand.
  2. This can then shift the focus of Development Projects to being a response to market opportunities.
  3. Instead of Development Projects seeking their own Key Performance Indicators, we would work to emphasize and secure a developing business units success, aligning it to the needs and security of its community stakeholders.

Using the concept and tools of Good Business Growth, Robert Vernon Associates provide an international development service that focus on production activities/ value chain management in developing countries; from the urban factory operation, down to the micro level of rural production units – benefiting the Suppliers, their Community and the Buyer.

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