RCSA’s CEO, Charles Cameron, has continued to pose some important questions about supply chains for me. In our series of Supply Chain Conversations, we explore the involvement of recruitment and workforce services firms and auxiliary labour in supply chain operations.

Our second conversation highlights a distinction between supply chains and service (or value) networks and extends to consider how that difference influences the design of industry based supply chain governance initiatives.

CHARLES: You’ve spoken a little about why a ‘service network’ approach may work better than a supply chain approach, when it comes to eliminating unethical labour-hire and contracting.  What is the difference between the two? Continue reading →