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

Supply Chain Shaman

Keith led the work to move P&G from a regional to a global manufacturer opening up the Warsaw center of planning excellence and outsourcing IT to HP. Keith was an undisputed leader in building talent to drive manufacturing excellence. Supply chain excellence was largely defined as manufacturing excellence.

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7 Rules of Fashion Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Opz

When QR strategy has become saturated, companies have to find the ways to differentiate themselves, some adopt ERP system, others adopt Just-in-Time manufacturing concept. 5) Keep production in-house : Zara tries to stay away from low-cost country sourcing and make an investment in the in-house manufacturing as much as possible.

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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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How Do We Heal the Healthcare Value Network?

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the last decade, neither the pharmaceutical nor medical device manufacturer has been able to drive the revenue/employee productivity gains of their comparative peer groups. Figure 2 contrasts the state of cash-to-cash cycles between 2000-2003 and 2008-2011. Power is shifting to the hospital. I think both factors are at play.

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SCRC Partner Profile: A Textbook Transformation at Biogen-Idec

Supply Chain View from the Field

Although strategic sourcing capabilities are well established in industries ranging from automotive to electronics, they are still in the formative stages in the biotechnology sector. In addition, much of the power in decision-making lies in the hands of clinical trials scientists, who often have power over procurement decisions.

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A Conversation with Vittorio Favati, TVS Supply Chain Solutions GFS

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We managed the supply chain for China’s largest manufacturer with close to US$500m in logistics spend. Something that the forwarding and logistics industry has wrestled with over the years, is to balance the risk and reward of investment into organic systems development, versus purchasing third-party market software to run our businesses.

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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. What’s this got to do with procurement? What could the other reasons for this apparent U-turn be? appeared first on Proxima.