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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Focus on Cost.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. As a result, focusing on cost and efficiency, and functional metrics throws the supply chain out of balance. Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. Focus on Cost.

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The procurement Summit 2016

Supply Chain Movement

The procurement Summit 2016. Building on the huge success of eWorld Procurement & Supply – which has been running bi-annually in London since 2001 – the new Procurement Summit will bring together 150 purchasing and finance professionals from across the commercial, public and third sectors. Procurement Metrics.

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E-commerce and the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

Retailers have always been curious about the paths consumers take when they decide something needs to be purchased. When the Internet and World Wide Web introduced consumers to online shopping (aka e-commerce), the path to purchase became much more complex. Today the digital path to purchase is growing in importance.

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What Is Old Is New Again. Maybe, Just Maybe, the Emperor Is Getting Some Clothes.

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I stumbled on an old article that I wrote in 2001. The solution solved a relevant industry issue. In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The rebirth of marketplace offerings is not on the back of e-procurement or ERP.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods by giving customers more visibility and greater confidence to accurately predict delivery times. ” Providing solutions in the context of this reality is critical, and together Spire and Gravity Supply Chain Solutions are working to restore the global supply chain.

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Infor’s Acquistion of GT Nexus: If I Had a Magic Wand

Supply Chain Shaman

Infor–a market consolidator of enterprise software–currently has revenues of $2.8 On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013.