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Supply Chain Predictions 2020: Uncertainty Demands Resilience

ToolsGroup

It’s been an interesting decade for supply chain: just when you think things can’t get any crazier, a new extreme weather event, political drama or tech start-up pops up, disrupting entire industries. A major theme at the recent Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit was that corporate winners accelerate through economic turns.

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The Digital Supply Chain needs to be a Smart Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Most analysts agree supply chains need to go digital. More recently analysts are also talking about the importance of supply chains becoming smart. By that they mean supply chains need to take advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to get the most out of collected data. ”[1].

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HICX helps Orkla to ensure supply chain resilience

HICX Solutions

HICX, the leading Supplier Experience Management Platform, is excited to announce a new partnership with the €5 billion Nordic consumer goods company, Orkla. With this trend set to continue, and operations spread across the Nordics, Europe and Asia, Orkla needs to ensure its supply chain can remain robust.

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The 10 Procurement Metrics that Matter in 2021

Unleashed

Procurement activities include planning, sourcing, and negotiation, along with risk management, legal and value analysis. This is often managed with the help of supplier management software or inventory management software. In this post, we’ll unpack ten top procurement metrics and why they matter.

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Speed, Collaboration and Innovation – Key Words for the New Procurement Decade

ivalua

This imperative to move quickly has become more critical in part because of technology. Competitors or new market entrants can use it to attack you these days – you don’t need a chain of retail shops on the high street, just a good idea, a great website and an outsourced logistics operation.

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The Nature Positive Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. And given that nothing can happen without a leading and supportive Supply Chain, by extension what is a “Nature Positive Supply Chain”? Clearly these are breakdowns in end to end Supply Chain Management which impact on nature and our environment.

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ERP vs CRM: Key Differences and Benefits

QAD

While spreadsheets and manually tracked processes can help organize internal processes in the early days of any business, manufacturers and suppliers often turn to enterprise software like ERP or CRM to help scale their business. Electronics and Technology. Retail and Consumer Goods. Quality Management.