2001 Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Manufacturing Sourcing 
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 31, 2022
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. Lucas had a team that dictated sourcing based on excel spreadsheet analysis to reduce cost and improve tax efficiency. What to do?
Supply Chain Shaman
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
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. Lucas had a team that dictated sourcing based on excel spreadsheet analysis to reduce cost and improve tax efficiency. What to do?
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Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Among other things, ZF manufactures electrified powertrains, car chassis technology, active and passive safety systems, and advanced driver assistance systems. ZF offers product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. The ZF supply chain is complex.
Enterra Insights
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
… Consumer purchases and decisions will increasingly be voice-driven and machine-augmented, with companies’ relationship with customers machine-to-machine, values-based and digital-first.” Wong and Steinberg report, “Change in consumer demand is accelerating. ” Second, climate change is having an impact.
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 14, 2013
It was a story where people believed that functional excellence leads to supply chain superiority. The example that I give in the first post is the focus of manufacturing strategies to drive strong results to improve Return on Assets (ROA) that have actually caused a deterioration in operating margin. You got it! A Case Study.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
They excel in the four Ps of marketing. In contrast, a market-driven organization connects bidirectionally market-to-market to orchestrate the signals to shape demand and mitigate risk (buy-side to sell-side and back). We have built transactional buying relationships. Yes; someday it will happen, but not any time soon.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 16, 2015
On August 13th, Infor announced the intent to purchase GT Nexus for 675M$. The largest was the purchase of Lawson in 2011 for 2B$. The company branded as GT Nexus in 2001 and purchased Tradecard in 2013. The goal is deeper analytics to sense and respond across make, source and deliver. It is clear.
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