- 24
- MAR
- 2010
Is China still the answer?
Author: Jordan Early - Categories: Economy & Current Affairs, Global Sourcing
In recent weeks, PIU Insight has been dominated by stories about sourcing in China. This in itself is no surprise; the world's second-largest economy is engrained in the purchasing process of just about everything we buy. Everything we purchase from elastic bands right through to the most sophisticated component parts for our factories and power plants wear the 'Made in China' badge. more
- 08
- FEB
- 2010
Ill wind could blow Philippines off course
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Talent, Risk, Technology & Apps, Global Sourcing
Few countries in the globalised business world have recovered as rapidly from the economic downturn as the Philippines. Thanks to the swift intervention of the country's republican government – and helped, in part, by the natural conservatism displayed by financial institutions operating inside its borders – a dip in economic growth in 2009 appears to represent a temporary blip on an otherwise upward curve that shows little signs of slowing. more
- 21
- JAN
- 2010
Google limping in the battlefield of China
Author: Amy Huntley - Categories: Global Sourcing, Risk, Technology & Apps
In its latest move, Google appears to be defying the Chinese government by declaring it will stop self-censoring its search engine and could leave the world's largest internet market after email accounts of human rights activists were hacked into. more
- 18
- JAN
- 2010
Vietnam looms large as Asian giants come under threat
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Global Sourcing, Risk
As labour costs continue to spiral in both India and China, a number of South Asian countries appear well placed to capitalise – and Vietnam is at the head of the queue. more
- 15
- JAN
- 2010
Procurement buys-in to SIM in effort to supply stability
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Global Sourcing, Risk
Supplier information management (SIM) - three little words that could make a big difference in procurement over the next decade. more
- 22
- DEC
- 2009
Latin giant set to have a ball
Author: Michelle Perkins - Categories: Economy & Current Affairs, Risk, Global Sourcing
Brazil is one of the least trumpeted success stories of the noughties. The South American giant, better known for its famed football team than its desirability as a sourcing location, has quietly established itself as one of the world's fastest growing economic superpowers - and, as we move into 2010, the next decade is likely to see a rush of companies looking to do business in the country. more
- 20
- SEP
- 2009
Handle with care – China sourcing comes with health warning
Author: Amy Huntley - Categories: Global Sourcing
If a year’s a long time in politics then 12 months must seem like a lifetime in procurement. Last September the financial world was shaken to its very core when Lehman Brothers became the biggest, and most high profile casualty, of the global economic crisis. Small wonder then, that supplier risk was priority number one for CPOs across the world with distressed supply chains posing the greatest threat to procurement, and the wider business world, in a generation. more
