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6 Things We've Learned from McDonald's Procurement Management

AFFLINK

In the foodservice industry, there are few better examples of great procurement management than McDonald's. Excellent procurement is part of the reason that McDonald's has been able to grow from a small family barbecue restaurant into a global conglomerate with more than 35,000 restaurants in over 110 different countries.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last two decades Steelwedge raised significant capital in three rounds: 4M$ in 2004, 16M$ in 2011 and 22.5M$ in 2015. The focus was on automating procurement. On March 26, 2015, I nsight Venture Partners (“Insight”) purchased E2open for $8.60 He was bullish and I shrugged my shoulders. I was not sure.

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A Conversation with Vittorio Favati, TVS Supply Chain Solutions GFS

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The experience stems from the ground up as an operator, then assuming global roles spanning Asia, Europe, and North America and the journey has been incredibly exciting and fulfilling. We organically manage TVS “Centres of Excellence” where we centralise processes and work that does not need to happen in our branch offices.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Mary Kay @MaryKay Mary Kay has a long history of supply chain innovation, earning accolades as far back as 2004 and 2005. In 2017, Smith & Nephew expanded its use of business network and cloud-based applications to support a centralized, efficient procurement process for managing spending from end to end.