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Restructuring Global Value Chains & Tariff Reduction – A Continuous Evolution for Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Ensuring that any approach is fully compliant in order to avoid having to relocate production or supply sources often takes up a lot of internal resources. Joint tariff payment is a better strategy for both partners when compared with looking for a totally new supplier or sourcing from a different country altogether. Conclusion.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index). Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. We started the conversation with sourcing. Less Collaborative.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall lead times from North America to Asia took 17 days longer than from Asia to North America, or 25% longer. Source E2open Shipping Index). Today, only 4% of companies are the first to buy new technology—a 40% decline from post Y2K in 2001. We started the conversation with sourcing. Less Collaborative.

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E-commerce and the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

In terms of sources that influence purchase decisions, social media lands last and was rated less than half as effective as reviews. billion people will join the global middle class by 2020 and 85% will be in the Asia Pacific region (APAC). ’ … The bubble didn’t end e-commerce. It was just a bump in the road. ” 10.

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PKP ENERGETYKA ON TRACK TOWARDS FULL PROCESS AUTOMATION

ivalua

PKP Energetyka, launched the implementation of Ivalua’s state-of-the-art Procurement and Sourcing solution with the participation of OptiBuy. It has been operating since 2001 and belongs to one of the largest investment funds worldwide – CVC Capital Partners. About PKP Energetyka. PKP Energetyka S.A. About OptiBuy.

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How Your Business Can Survive (And Even Thrive) in a Recession

Unleashed

When their competitors were hibernating, they explored the global markets by expanding to Asia and increasing sales in Europe. Fewer than 30% of businesses that lost market share in the downturn of 2001 were able to regain their positions, according to the Bain study. At the end of the recession, Lego’s profits leapt by 63%.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Most of the container traffic flows across the Pacific Ocean or between Europe and Asia. The pinnacle of this development was the formalizing of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1979, which laid the groundwork for China’s joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001.