Wednesday, October 27th 2021
This week in
Consulting
Reinventing the plastics industry
This week’s must read
Hydrogen (produced by water electrolysis) has the potential to cost-effectively decarbonize transportation and industries. However, compared to main energy sources like oil and gas, its large-scale commercial applicability has been limited up until now.
Are we on the verge of ditching carbon-based energy and introducing green hydrogen as an alternate energy carrier?
This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from Florian Haacke and Dr. Fabio Oldenburg, Apricum on how to produce cheaper green hydrogen to become an alternative energy carrier.
Thought Leadership
From the global pandemic to the lack of workers, the weather event crippled the U.S. Gulf Coast, and the traffic jam of ships in the Suez Canal that soon followed, the access to consumer goods, pharmaceutical supplies, and electronics have been strained. How can companies manage their supply chain risks to ensure future events will not bring them to a halt again?
Plastics have a variety of attractive characteristics that make them ideal for packaging: they are flexible, resilient, and lightweight, have strong barrier qualities, and are inexpensive.
Because plastics create a lot of trash, the packaging value chain is currently focusing on developing solutions to solve the problem, including the reuse of plastics.
The Covid-19 epidemic has hastened changes in chemical sales that were already happening.
While travel and in-person interactions are still necessary for important accounts, recurring sales and smaller accounts are increasingly done remotely and online.
With rising public concern about climate change and waste, certain end-users, environmental groups, and financial institutions are demanding greener goods and production methods from the chemical sector.
This week’s Consulting News
Wipro has launched the Global Celonis Center to help clients improve their operations.
The Celonis Execution Management System will be combined with Wipro’s expertise to help clients simplify operations in areas such as finance, human resources, and supply chain management. | Isabell Horvath@Celonis – @Wipro
The 2021-2023 programme is a fully virtual programme that The Sutton Trust will run through online delivery and resources on Sutton Trust Online with their partners in the consulting world – This programme offers you the opportunity to explore what a career in consulting might look like. | @The Sutton Trust
EY today announces two new partners to its Banking Technology Consulting practice as it responds to rising market demand and invests in growth. | Carole Gentil and Ian Oswald@EY
Ankura Consulting, a global expert services and advisory firm, announces today the addition of seven Senior Managing Directors who will help drive the growth of Ankura’s Data & Technology capabilities. | @Ankura
This week’s media
Nanotechnology has exploded in popularity in recent years. It’s a branch of science and technology involved with making things on the size of atoms and molecules, usually materials and electronics.
Consulting sourcing tips
How to negotiate framework agreements for consulting to your advantage?
How to negotiate framework agreements for consulting to your advantage?
Make-or-buy for consulting services 101
Make-or-buy for consulting services 101
Does Category Management apply to consulting?
According to the CIPS, Category Management enables procurement professionals to focus their time and conduct market analysis to leverage their negotiations fully and correctly manage their suppliers in alignment with the corporate objectives.
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Hélène Laffitte is the CEO of Consulting Quest, a Global Performance-Driven Consulting Platform and author of “Smart Consulting Sourcing”, a step by step guide to getting the best ROI from your consulting. With a blend of experience in Procurement and Consulting, Hélène is passionate about helping Companies create more value through Consulting.
