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Parts Are Not Parts

Supply Chain Shaman

A slight change within a function–in sourcing or manufacturing, or along the chain–can greatly impact the outcomes of cost, customer service, or working capital. Let’s take a closer look at sourcing. How do purchases from multiple material planners affect sourcing schedules from a supplier?

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Supplier Information Challenges in the Automotive Industry

ivalua

Recently, I had the pleasure of hanging out with 16 different Tier 1 automotive manufacturers in the same evening. Quite a few of our customers are located in the Detroit area where we recently hosted a networking event featuring Nexteer Automotive. lack of industry benchmarks to assess data management practices.

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Supplier information challenges in the automotive industry

ivalua

Recently, I had the pleasure of hanging out with 16 different Tier 1 automotive manufacturers in the same evening. Quite a few of our customers are located in the Detroit area where we recently hosted a networking event featuring Nexteer Automotive. lack of industry benchmarks to assess data management practices.

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7 Tips: A Guide to Mastering Procurement

Material Handling & Logistics

With the digitization of the source-to-pay process being a key initiative for many chief procurement officers, to the inherent automation which promises to accelerate innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), digitization is growing. Digitization is Your Friend. Think Beyond Best-in-Class.

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The use of machine learning to generate quick savings and gain in price consistency

KEPLER Consulting

Utilize benchmarking to identify gaps across BU/Regions and optimized sourcing strategies. Improve Sourcing Strategies through optimized supplier allocation per cluster. This allows to create benchmarking communities and share further (life sciences, automotive…). The methodology is based on 5 pillars: check.

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Supply Chain Scope: New Study Shows Rise in US Inventories; California Estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030

Arkieva

SupplyChainDigest benchmark study of about 100 companies reveals an increase in US company inventories since the recession. “In Source: Commerce Dept. Source: SupplyChainDigest. Source: Supply Chain Shaman. For automotive giant General Motors, it meant production of some of its models in the U.S. Source: EBN.

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Supply Chain Matters Highlights of SAP Sapphire 2022 Conference

Supply Chain Matters

Business process intelligence technology Signavio , acquired by SAP in January 2021 was described as the catalyst technology behind the RISE program, helping customers to benchmark existing processes, discover process inefficiencies and identify opportunities to transform to a more modular and agile business landscape.

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