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Supply Chain Leadership V: Howard Richman

NC State SCRC

Lessons Learned from a Career in Procurement As part of our weekly Supply Chain Leadership, I interviewed Howard Richman, who I am co-authoring a new book with (“Procurement Confidential”). For example, one woman was trading foreign currencies, and took a strong position on Eurodollar.

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Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51 and Market6 Data

Alloy

Get More Out of Your Kroger 84.51° and Market6 Data How Automation and Advanced Metrics You Won’t Get in 84.51° can help you grow your sales at Kroger and avoid inventory headaches. They are all essential parts of Kroger’s analytics capabilities and, if leveraged correctly, can provide crucial insights to improve business operations.

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Beyond Spend Analytics: Supplier Life Cycle Data

Supply Chain View from the Field

We recently had a senior data analytics professional from a large financial services organization speak in my MBA Supply Chain relationships class. In sourcing, data must be tracked over the entire life of a supplier. And much of the work in analytics relies on what that data looks like, and the quality of the data.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

Most budgets are completed in currency at a brand level. The budget is for a fiscal year with quarter reporting and updates. The direct connection between the two processes increases costs and increases error. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability.

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Delivering Strategic Transformation Through Supplier Experience

HICX Solutions

In this webinar, we join Niko Nurmi , Executive Advisor at Procurement Leaders , as he discusses these challenges and how to overcome them – with Carmen Erhardt , Director of Corporate Purchasing and Head of Global Processes, Operations and Digitalization at Henkel ; and Anthony Payne , CMO at HICX. A supplier experience approach.

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Supply Chain Planning in Emerging Markets: Four Points to Remember

ToolsGroup

And while each market can be unique, we found a few repeating themes in our own experience and from sources including Gartner and our customers Procter and Gamble (P&G) and Cipla Medpro. Supply chain planning in emerging markets is different. Here’s what we found: 1.

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Detect Problems, Diagnose Causes, and Direct Next Best Actions Before Negative Business Impact

Supply Chain Action Blog

However, orchestrating the value network where goods, information and currency pulse freely, fast, and securely between facilities, organizations, and even consumers, following the path of least resistance (aka the digital supply chain ), may prove to be even more complex than driving a vehicle. From CBC News [link].