by Jeff Mengel, Plante Moran In today's plastics industry, it is crucial for companies to have solid financial and competitive benchmarking data to support their strategies as well as to proactively manage relationships with customers, suppliers, lenders and investors. Enter Plante Moran's North American Plastics Industry Study (NAPIS), which examines best practices and … [Read more...] about Dissecting Global Competition: Insights from the NAPIS
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Incorporating Sustainable Development Behavior into Supplier Selection
by Larry Nitardy, ComAssist \As we work to make our companies more sustainable, it's necessary to evaluate not only ourselves but also those we select to help us achieve an improved "triple bottom line." Our vendors and suppliers today will need to be collaborative partners tomorrow if we want to achieve more impactful financial, societal and environmental results. To … [Read more...] about Incorporating Sustainable Development Behavior into Supplier Selection