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How Will Higher Education Procurement Cope in an Age of Uncertainty?

Jaggaer

Uncertainty around federal and state policy changes poses a significant challenge for procurement leaders across all types of higher education institutions. These are being held at between 2 and 4% in the 2024-25 academic year at a time when costs are rising, according to Fitch Higher Education Outlook.

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Highly Influential Gartner Analyst Dwight Klappich Retires

Supply Chain Digest

He began his analyst career in 2003 at a company called Meta Group, then the second largest research firm in the industry. Any vendors briefing Klappich found out fast enough he was a real straight shooter, and that a hype approach wouldn’t get you very far. What do you say?

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

Supply Chain Shaman

The promise of a well-intended consultant just sounds sooooooo good. Executive teams strive to drive improvement in supply chain results; yet, sadly, only four percent of public companies succeed. The reason? After two decades of study, I think because it is a lack of understanding. The grass is always greener at another company.

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7 Rules of Fashion Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Opz

In order to reduce lead-time, Quick Response (QR) strategy was developed and there are 2 core principles, namely, partnership between retailers and suppliers to improve the information sharing and the adoption of technologies such as EDI, UPC Code and point of sales data (POS). Fashion SCM 1.0 Fashion SCM 2.0 Fashion SCM 2.0

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

I asked him over and over, “Is the market ready for a solution for JUST Sales and Operations Planning?” ” I struggled to understand how a company focused just on S&OP could be viable. By this time I did believe the market needed a standalone S&OP solution. S&OP was growing in importance.

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5 Reasons why eAuctions Drive Better Savings

SCMDOJO

eAuctions are online real-time dynamic discussions between one purchasing organization and a group of pre-qualified vendors competing for the purchaser’s trade. Throughout a genuine and collaborative cooperation with business vendors, they produce innovative approaches to current procurement difficulties.

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Why is Tesla considering advertising?

Proxima

The growth of Tesla has been truly astonishing over the past decade, the company was founded in 2003 and in under 20 years has grown to be the largest producer of Electric Vehicles (EV’s) globally. All this has been achieved in 20 years and without the need for any large-scale above or below the line advertising. and General Motors – 6.1%