Supply Chain Management Column

The "Supply Chain Management Column" is a blog dedicated to research in the fields of procurement and supply chain management. Founded by Mr. Liu in 2009, it adheres to originality, explores and disseminates basic practices of supply chain management, and has millions of annual visits.

The best-selling books by website founder Liu Baohong include "Procurement and Supply Chain Management: A Practitioner's Perspective," "Supply Chain Management: Solutions for High Costs, High Inventory, and Heavy Assets," "Supply Chain Management: The Expert Path for Practitioners," and "The Three Lines of Defense in Supply Chain: Demand Forecasting, Inventory Planning, and Supply Chain Execution.

Mr. Liu has over a decade of rich experience in procurement and supply chain management, mainly from the high-tech industry in Silicon Valley, with a focus on the manufacturing industry. Since 2000, Mr. Liu has been studying and practicing supply chain management in the United States. He first worked in the semiconductor equipment production industry, engaged in supplier development and management, and procured products, services, and technologies globally; Later transferred to the field of supply chain planning, supporting a high-tech company's annual service spare parts business of $1.3 billion. His team is located in the United States, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Chinese Mainland, and his customers are all over Asia Pacific, Europe and North America.

Using this website as a platform, he maintains close contact with supply chain professionals at home and abroad, and has made multiple keynote speeches or roundtable discussions at major conferences, including the annual meetings of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, as well as ISM

China Annual Conference, China Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing Summit, China Petroleum Equipment Procurement International Summit, Aftermarket Supply Chain Management Forum, etc. He also gave a keynote speech at the first annual supplier conference of PetroChina and was invited to attend Haier's first annual supplier conference. In addition, Mr. Liu has close connections with several top universities and has given special presentations or training to MBA and EMBA students from Tongji University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Europe Business School, Xiamen University, and Purdue University in the United States.