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Is It a Good Idea to Invest in Hiring a Purchasing Manager?

Precoro

In the article, we look critically at the role of the purchasing manager and discuss how to determine the value of hiring one. Reducing the price on the tag while maintaining the quality is often a crucial market advantage. It lowers the cost of production and, subsequently – prices for the end customers. Sign up for a demo here.

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What is a 3PL Warehouse Management System?

Kanban Logistics

At the heart of those capabilities is the 3PL’s warehouse management system (WMS). In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the role of the WMS in the warehouse, and the benefits it can bring to 3PL inventory management and other vital functions. . What is a 3PL warehouse management system?

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This Week in Logistics News (August 17-21, 2015)

Talking Logistics

As Joe Dixon, SVP of Supply Chain at Brooks Brothers, commented at the GT Nexus Bridges 2015 conference a few weeks ago: “SAP is our internal ERP system, GT Nexus is our external [supply chain] ERP system.”. OHL specializes in the sectors of apparel, electronics, healthcare, food and beverage, and consumer packaged goods.

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How to Become DFARS Compliant and Avoid Counterfeit Parts in the Aerospace and Defense Supply Chain

RFgen

A fighter jet suffers a critical system failure during flight. The guidance system in a defense battery fails to intercept incoming missiles. Rules for contracting with the DOD are outlined in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation System (DFARS). The full requirements of such a system can be found in DFARS 252.246-7007.

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7 Trending Business Practices Disrupting Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Sam Jenks at kodiakrating.com. The correlation between technology and time is a special one. A report in 2016 by GT Nexus, “showed there is a demand for ethically and sustainably sourced products. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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29 warehouse & automation experts share insights on how warehouse robots will impact industry employment

6 River Systems

This chart from the MIT Technology Review shows a picture of how little everyone agrees on how/if automation replaces jobs, while this article for Forbes does a good job of explaining how automation has affected jobs through history (on the wider scale, it actually tends to create more jobs than it replaces). It also points to smarter use.

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Career advice: Keeping your edge as a supply chain professional in the face of change!

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha There is a standalone vehicle emission check shop that I visit to get my car checked prior to the annual tag renewal. Just recently, I was talking to a youngster studying industrial engineering with specialization in SCM. Besides majoring in industrial engineering, he is also getting a minor in computer science.