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How to Find Business Opportunities Amid the Coronavirus Supply Chain Crisis

ToolsGroup

Organizations that practice discipline and display confidence are rewarded with sustained advantage over their competitors long after the turn passes.”* Apple launched the iPod in 2001 during the dot.com bubble. How do you prepare your company to excel even in trying times? Bad companies are destroyed by crisis.

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Analog Supply Chains are an Anachronism in a Digital World

Enterra Insights

… Consumers around the world are progressively shifting their expectation toward products and services that are digital, local and sustainable. … 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.”

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The procurement Summit 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Launched in 2014 and brought to you by the eWorld Procurement & Supply team, The Procurement Summit will provide senior purchasing, sourcing and supply chain executives across the North of England with an unmissable opportunity to keep up-to-date with the latest industry innovations, best practice and new technology solutions.

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Case Study: A Deep Dive Into Nestlé’s Supply Chain

AFFLINK

As a company, Nestlé excels at interacting with real-life consumers on social media. Nestlé's first major acquisition was Ralston Purina Company, a popular pet food maker, in 2001. They followed this purchase up with Dreyer's, Movenpick, Jenny Craig, and Gerber over the following years.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™! An Interview with Michael Massetti, VP at Gartner!

Supply Chain Game Changer

We dug that company out of terrible financial difficulty after the “internet bubble” burst in 2001. Our team was recognized for our unique configure-to-order process for our microprocessors as a finalist in the Supply Chain Council’s Operational Excellence award in 2011. My tenure at AMD was amazing. It just felt good and right to do.

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Why Have We Not Reduced Inventory?

Supply Chain Shaman

I have been an industry analyst since 2001. Procter & Gamble and Kimberly Clark); but for most companies that I have worked with, I see that they have purchased and implemented inventory technologies, but there has not been an impact on future years results in either Days of Inventory or Days of Working Capital. I am optimistic.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Wolfgang Lehmacher!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Founding member of NEXST, alias Centre of Excellence for Global Emerging Supply Chain Technologies, initiated by Reefknot, Kuehne & Nagel and SGInnovate, in Singapore, and expert of SEA20, an international not-for-profit initiative and network of ports, academia, associations and companies supporting maritime transformation.