Big Fish News and Events

Some of our Publications

Our Canadian office has published two opiniions about lean.

Fish articleLe Lean Flowcasting L'ART de l'Excellence en Suppy Chain, Big Fish Canada Volume 1, N°1


Fish articleLe Lean System pour passer l’amélioration continue de 3% au mode rupture à +30%, Big Fish Canada Volume 1, N°2


Two Big Fish associates have once again signed articles for "Profession Achat", the quarterly magazine of the CDAF, the French professionnal association of buyers. All our contributions to Profession Achat are on this page

Fish articleComment mesurer la performance d’une équipe achat ? How to measure the performance of a Purchasing Team, Michel Philippart, Profession Achat, Printemps 2011

Fish articleLa Manipulation dans les Relations Acheteur Vendeur ou Les Risques des Invitations de Fournisseurs, Manipulation in the relations between sellers and their clients, or the risk of accepting supplier invitations. Profession Achat, Décembre 2010

They also contribute to other publications in the business press.

Fish article"Priorité aux Services qui créent de la valeur pour l'entreprise" Priority to services that create value for the Firm, Interview of Big Fish Associate Michel Philippart, in "La Tribune", the French business daily, on May 3, 2010

Fish articleFrom Supply Chain to Value Networks
By Alain Perrot, Big Fish Associate & Chris Turner of StrataBridge

Fish articleIn a high inflation context, back to basic supplier squeeze or more supplier management
By Michel Philippart, Big Fish Associate

Plano Estrategico de ComprasBig Fish Article
An article on the need to establish proper sourcing plans and the structure of a rigorous sourcing plan, in Portuguese, by Michel Philippart and Darli Rodrigues (our Big Fish parter in Brazil), published by the leading Brazilian magazine Mundo Logística

Nous Les Acheteurs
A book about people in Purchasing. Discover a human aspect with 49 interviews and pictures of Purchasers.  Available at fnac.com

Some of our Conferences and Public Engagements

On March 24 2011, Michel Philippart, Big Fish Associate, speaks at the 3rd édition of the Festival of Géopolitique of Grenoble about "The new supplier risks: The contribution of Geopolitics" (In French)

On March 23, 2011, Nicolas Kourim, Big Fish President, spoke at the "Conférence sur la Gestion et Anticipation des Risques: Quels Enjeux pour les Services Achats et SRM Demain" (Conference on risk management and anticipation: What is at stake for tomorrow's Purchasing Departments and SRM"

Big Fish is regularly present at the Escemiales (Groupe ESCEM Tours Poitier Paris)

Nicolas Kourim, Partner at Big Fish Associate, presented at Procurecon Indirect in Amsterdam

Michel Philippart, Partner at Big Fish presented at the conference on Product Livecycle Management in Sao Paulo