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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

chemicals, resins, IT providers). Air Products & Chemicals Inc. In 2002, fewer than 100 workers in the longshoremen’s union strike disrupted West Coast port operations. These interviews are often the best source of information and are not published. Colgate-Palmolive Co. Abbott Laboratories. Adobe Inc. Ford Motor Co.

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Beroe Founder Vel Dhinagaravel speaks at NC State on Origins of Company

NC State SCRC

Listening to him reminded me of the fun we had starting up the first ever company to produce supply market intelligence focused on the procurement space. Today, Beroe is the most successful procurement intelligence company, and continues to lead the pack in this space. We were astounded to discover that the ratio was 1 to 105.

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

As an example, Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) encompasses a variety of chemical manufacturing codes including petrochemicals (3251), but none for biobased chemicals. biobased chemicals as a sub-sector of the chemicals industry) as well as insights and guidance from industry representatives.

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

Supply Chain Game Changer

The biggest career transformation for me was after leaving Dell when I joined Lucent in 2002 and entered supply chain in technology sourcing. We achieved recognition both internally and externally for our sourcing and procurement accomplishments in the spend management area. This was my first foray into the world of supply.

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Three Reasons Why SAP Supply Chain Planning Is a Risk to Your Business

Supply Chain Shaman

In high-tech, supply chain planning is more important than in other industries like chemical, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods and retail. When SAP launched APO in 2002, the optimization technologies were inferior to most best-of-breed technologies in the market. Let’s face facts. The adoption rate is slow.

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Three Reasons Why SAP Supply Chain Planning Is a Risk to Your Business

Supply Chain Shaman

In high-tech, supply chain planning is more important than in other industries like chemical, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods and retail. When SAP launched APO in 2002, the optimization technologies were inferior to most best-of-breed technologies in the market. Let’s face facts. The adoption rate is slow.

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A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

China’s low prices have historically undercut global prices and pushed out foreign competitors –– such as the Mountain Pass mine in California, which closed in 2002. Neodymium (Nd) – Neodymium (Nd) is a chemical element with the atomic number 60. Table 1: Policy intervention types and descriptions.