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Uh-Oh! Insights On How P&G Failed And What This Means For You

Supply Chain Shaman

The details: 2001-Acquired Clairol for 4.9B$ 2002-Divestiture of Jif and Crisco to Smuckers–813M in Stock 2003-Acquisition of Wella for 7B$ 2005-Merger with Gilette for 57B$ 2008-Purchase of Nioxin for 300M$ 2009-Purchased Art of Shaving for 60M$ 2009-purchased ZIRH for 40M. The results are questionable. Discontinued in 2011.

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5 Reasons why eAuctions Drive Better Savings

SCMDOJO

Introduction to Strategic Sourcing. . Time Saving: For the purchaser, eAuctions provide real-time statistical information, immediate assessments of various supplier offerings, and the consequent reductions over the benchmark. Retrieved from Future of Sourcing: [link]. 2003, 7 1). Macfarlane, 2017). Pattapurati, P.

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How do we Drive Invention to Innovation in Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

I am currently working on an in-depth study on supply chain planning benchmarking (publishes in August), and working with the team to analyze supply chain planning adoption. In my analysis of the supply chain planning benchmarking data, I can see it. ” I smiled. It is pervasive. ” Planners need time to plan. .’