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Procurement Analysis: a Game Changer for Purchasing Strategically

Precoro

With the global market expansion and deepening supply chain complexity, the roles of procurement leaders have evolved from tactical to strategic. Nowadays, procurement departments not only focus on the day-to-day buying operations but also search for the most efficient ways to go about them. How often do purchases happen?

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Time for a Supply Chain Metrics Cleaning

Logility

Wait, it’s not spring; but does that mean you have to wait another eight months to review your supply chain? Often, it becomes necessary to reevaluate how supply chain performance is measured to ensure healthy operations. Ask yourself, “Are your supply chain metrics bogging you down?”

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Time to Look into the Future of Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Check out What Exactly Is Procurement? And What is Purchasing? There has been transformation in the Procurement function over the past decade. From the starting point of the traditional buy-sell, transaction-based purchasing, the practice has moved through stages of change that redefines most aspect of the business.

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Imagining the Supply Chain of the Future!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Technologies Reshaping the Global Digital Supply Chain! Imagine what the future will look like in Supply Chain! There are articles which describe what the future of Supply Chain will be like in 2020, 0r 2025, or even 2030. So how can all of this be used to shape what happens in Supply Chain?

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9 Critical ERP Features for Discrete Manufacturers

OptiProERP

Supply Chain Management. Manufacturers must effectively manage their supply chain in order to have the available inventory needed for production. Today’s supply chain is very complex. A supply chain system, integrated with other modules in an ERP solution, helps mitigate their complexity.

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Customer Service Aided by Cognitive Technologies

Enterra Insights

”[2] What companies might not realize is that some of the technologies used in marketing, e-commerce, and supply chain operations can also help them with customer service. Carmen Carey, Chief Executive Officer at Brady PLC, calls this an “automation plus humans customer service model.”[3]

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Industry 4.0 Success Depends on Cognitive Technologies

Enterra Insights

Supporting this, a recent BCG report highlighted that “AI will be a must in the post-COVID world.”[1] Advanced robots that can recognize objects and handle tasks that previously required humans will promote the operation of factories and other facilities 24/7, in more locations and with little added cost. ”[2].