ivalua

MARCH 5, 2023

March 6, 2023 | | Ivalua NOW by Eloise Barnum 5 Reasons to Attend 2023 Ivalua NOW Paris – Breaking New Ground We are thrilled to invite procurement leaders, innovators, customers, and colleagues to Ivalua NOW Paris. Let’s come together and explore innovative methods to unleash the hidden power of our teams.

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ivalua

APRIL 19, 2022

We cannot wait to connect with procurement leaders, innovators, customers, and colleagues in our beautiful nation’s capital! . This year, we’re centering our event around the theme “Stronger Together” to celebrate the collective challenges we have overcome and how we can move forward with renewed priorities. Breakout Sessions.

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ivalua

APRIL 5, 2019

In my last two articles ( here and here ) I’ve been talking about the need for Procurement to think about how we can move beyond our historical transactional role and embrace approaches to help drive competitive advantage and real value for our organisations. It’s not just the cars themselves either.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 28, 2021

Consumers constantly change the mix preferences in purchases. Somedays, the focus is on steaks or ribs and the next on the purchase of ground or cubed meat. In 2004, I worked with the client to help define specifications and shortlist potential solutions. The volatile meat market changes daily.

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Unleashed

MAY 25, 2023

Inventory purchases and storage fees have major impacts on your business’s profitability. Better cash flow management Purchasing inventory when it is needed and storing it in a cost-effective manner means cash is freed up for other aspects of the business. Equally, the likelihood that they will buy from you again is lower.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 30, 2022

However, two decades later, there is still no technology solution to enable demand visibility or help companies use channel data to translate demand into an inventory, replenishment, or manufacturing strategy. End-to-End Definition Implementation of enterprise data architectures to improve order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. Background.

Supply Chain Design Software 195

Supply Chain Design Software Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Data 195

Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Arena’s recent Fall 2021 quality management system (QMS) and product lifecycle management (PLM) software release was all about helping manufacturers remove these bottlenecks and drive faster product innovation. Design new tooling, fixtures, or molding, and then buy them from subcontractors.

Manufacturing Procurement 87

Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Innovation Purchasing Training 87

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Executing an event in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging. This is despite the purchase of Terra Technology Demand Sensing and Multi-tier Inventory Management (MEIO) in 2014 for 12-14M$ (including implementation). The solution was too black box. Hence the solution couldn’t be much maintained.

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

That’s why we eat, sleep, and breathe innovation and never stop looking for ways to help our customers get the most out of their partnership with us and make their supply chains a force for good in the world. This ensures that future forecasts are no longer skewed by periods of zero demand due to stock-outs (a.k.a. lost sales).

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As a result, the term Groundhog Day is synonymous for a person reliving a series of repetitive, and monotonous events. During the period of 2016-2020, we hosted quarterly events, and monthly calls, to encourage inter-operability testing between network providers and the building of open canonicals. Decline in Innovation Due to M&A.

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ivalua

APRIL 7, 2022

This year, we centered our event around the theme “Stronger Together” to celebrate the collective challenges we have overcome and how we can move forward with renewed priorities. We are stronger, more united, and more determined to lead and innovate together! . NEW Payments Solution. David Khuat-Duy. 750 plus employees.

Procurement Solutions 130

Procurement Solutions Vendor Strategies Procurement Analytics Sourcing Strategies 130

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 11, 2023

The concept of digital twins has emerged as a powerful foundational tool to drive improvements in warehouse productivity and efficiency. But do you really need to look specifically at digital twin solutions, or might some of these already be available in the automation you already have? come with any of them.

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Proxima

JUNE 5, 2023

It was a frenetic period from March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, followed by a series of events from the Suez Canal blockage to Russia’s war on Ukraine, that scrambled supply chains and ratcheted up costs. In the world of procurement and supply chain, this is an important moment to pivot our approach.

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Exiger Perspectives

MAY 16, 2023

C-SCRM completes market’s first comprehensive, centralized supply chain solution NEW YORK, NY. May 16, 2023 — Exiger , the SaaS company revolutionizing the way corporations, government agencies and banks manage supply chains, today announced that it has acquired Ion Channel , a best-in-class software supply chain risk management platform.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Optimal Sourcing Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Solutions 52

Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 31, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen.

Procurement Analytics 217

Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies 217

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The Failure of Existing Demand Planning Solutions. During the pandemic, supply chain leaders turned off their demand planning solutions. Also, the solutions lacked flexibility. This means building a cognitive engine to sense, learn, and adapt using market data for innovators. Lessons Learned. The reason? Next Steps.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply and Demand Procurement Analytics 278

QAD

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Severe weather events are becoming more frequent and intense. Regardless of what laws politicians enact, customers want their purchasing dollars to go to those who behave responsibly. So, what does this have to do with innovation? Climate-driven Manufacturing Innovation. The world is getting warmer. Everything.

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Manufacturing Procurement Waste Reduction Innovation Expense Reduction 131

Unleashed

AUGUST 17, 2021

There is a range of manufacturing software now available to help businesses streamline their processes and maximise efficiency. Here we look at 15 types of manufacturing software, and for each answer three questions: What are the main functions of this software? What type of business is this software suited to?

Inventory Management Software 97

Inventory Management Software Manufacturing Procurement Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 97

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Companies that viewed the pandemic as another risk management event will struggle the most with Q1 and Q2 earnings reports. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen.

Procurement Analytics 195

Procurement Analytics Manufacturing Procurement Sourcing Strategies Optimal Sourcing 195

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

When it comes to inventory and driving improvement in the face of variability, there are five issues: Poorly Implemented Advanced Planning Solutions. IBM, in contrast, purchased over fifteen supply chain acquisitions but drove little innovation. I tell technology leaders, that IBM is the company where innovations go to die.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2023

Solvoyo’s Solution Bugaboo: something that causes fear or distress out of proportion to its importance. Organizations then convert those demand forecasts to the associated quantities of raw materials to purchase, goods to be manufactured, or finished products to ship. Would better forecasting accuracy be a good thing? Absolutely!

Forecasting 189

Forecasting Forecasting Software Modeling Optimal Sourcing 189

Resilinc

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Learn how Resilinc is using predictive AI and generative AI to innovate supply chain risk management. In our Q&A, Shahzaib discussed predictive AI, which is used for supply chain disruption monitoring, hurricane simulators, commodity predictions, supplier screening, and predictive purchase orders.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 21, 2023

Due to travel restrictions, I cannot attend many industry events, so I observe from home, watching webinars and remote broadcasts. ” The industry is in a groupthink, largely missing the opportunities for breakthrough innovation. Today’s risk management solutions focus largely on supply sensing and early alerting.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Last week as I spoke at an European event, and I struggled to gain clarity in a world of increased confusion. Supply chain innovation is slowly simmering in the face of radical disruption. Recent releases of Advanced Planning Solutions (APS) refined but did not transform initial software concepts. Fuzzy definitions.

Supply Chain Planning Software 195

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Network Software 195

Supply Chain Movement

AUGUST 31, 2016

The procurement Summit 2016. Organization: Revolution Events. 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. I asked him over and over, “Is the market ready for a solution for JUST Sales and Operations Planning?” The supply chain management software market had soured.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Check out What is Virtual Procurement and Why Should You Care? Where is procurement, outsourcing, sourcing, supply chain, and purchasing going? Secondarily, we will include information from other procurement professionals and procurement firms about their experiences, what they forecast, and what they are seeing.

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Manufacturing Procurement Procurement Solutions Optimal Sourcing Procurement Analytics 63

Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 23, 2015

The Procurement Summit. Organization: Revolution Events. The Procurement Summit provides senior purchasing, sourcing and supply chain executives across the North of England with an unmissable opportunity to keep up-to-date with the latest industry innovations, best practice and new technology solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

ARC defines the warehouse automation market according to a number of qualifications and dimensions to deliver a well-defined measure, with numerous segmentations, allowing those that purchase the research to understand what is being measured, and to easily extrapolate the findings to support their strategic planning needs.

Supply Chain Software 270

Supply Chain Software Warehousing Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 270

Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Automotive leaders are turning to sophisticated solutions that can evolve alongside their business as it expands and connects with new sectors, from technology to energy to service. Added to this is the volatility driven by natural weather events, which can impact multiple parts of the supply chain.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 140

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement Automotive 140

ToolsGroup

MARCH 31, 2022

In the midst of the pandemic and other events that remind us uncertainty is a constant, Rob and Mauro have shown their mettle,” said ToolsGroup CEO Joseph Shamir. Robert Kaufholz is not just an expert in the fields of automation, machine learning, and supply chain technology; he’s an innovator. Go to www.SDCExec.com to learn more.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Demand Planning Software Supply and Demand ToolsGroup 120

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

As for MEIO, I was excited to see some innovation in the space, but the creativity was short-lived. The most innovative of the technologies were quickly acquired, and the promise waned. The software never expanded in scope to manage multi-tier inventories. What has changed are brief innovation periods to create better engines.

Supply Chain Planning Software 251

Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Forecasting Software Supply and Demand 251

GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A Possible Stimulus on the Horizon May Increase the Challenge of Procurement Through Peak Season. A stimulus on the horizon further increases the risks of a higher trend in consumer purchasing. As the industry evolves and innovations improve, OTR freight management technologies offer?? transportation management optimization ?to

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QAD

JANUARY 19, 2023

Supply chain management is typically broken into three large buckets of intricate processes and roles: Concept: the full cycle, from sourcing and procurement to fulfillment. This integration of supply and demand requires a special mix of business operations, procurement, accounting, and production.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 26, 2017

Over the last year, huge strides were made in machine-to-machine connectivity, as foreseen by our predictions, ranging from the greater use of automated identification and data capture (AIDC) and stronger resolve for more omnichannel logistics solutions. However, AIDC tools are making analytics in the supply chain an affordable reality.

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Logistics Network Optimization Software Omnichannel Supply Chain Software Procurement Solutions 120

Locus Robotics

JANUARY 2, 2024

There are five pivotal solutions and trends that are reshaping the logistics landscape. Learn how these innovations are transforming logistics operations. These periods, traditionally associated with events such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or sales seasons, have expanded and diversified throughout the year.

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