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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

The German team overcame disappointments in 2006 and 2010 to win the World Cup this year, while favorites Spain (the defending champion) and Brazil (the host country) were humbled by the competition. BASF’s goals included: Automating the end-to-end Purchase-to-Pay process from purchase requisition to invoice.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

US homes 8 retailers keeping Earth Day alive through a commitment to sustainability Ground parcel delivery costs reached a record high in Q1, although pricing discounts from carriers softened the blow, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index. British supermarkets source peppers exclusively from Spain during the winter months.

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How Electra Implemented Precoro Soon After Establishment and Grew Ever Since

Precoro

Now Electra has offices in France, Belgium, and Italy, with Spain and Switzerland marking the next destinations on their expansion roadmap. Rémi Lelarge, the Head of Procurement and Logistics at Electra, shared their story of building a comprehensive procurement process with Precoro.

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YARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Questionnaire

The Lean Supply Chain

While yard tractors carry out their regular duties, attached GPS-enabled RFID readers recognize trailers by the tags, and report the location data in real time. RTLS also enables management to monitor yard operations’ key performance indicators (KPIs) based on quantifiable productivity metrics measured by the actions of the yard trucks.

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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Optimising the Manufacturing Supply Chain

Unleashed

Often, we end up asking the partner in Germany or Spain or somewhere, ‘Can you air freight this? It’s a constant headache for our purchasing manager. Accurate data is essential for making the right decisions around purchasing and resource planning. Consolidated purchasing can help bring costs down, he adds.

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Savant Talks – International Expansion with Made.com

Savant Events

Made.com announced earlier this year that it will expand its business to Portugal, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Denmark. Beside the pure metrics, do you see cultural differences being reflected in different purchase behaviours? Here’s what we talked about! What are the cultural differences that impact the expansion process the most?

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. The pilot went live in October 2017 in Spain, Italy, and Turkey and included the inbound materials planning managed by the planning service center in Krakow, Poland. The reason?