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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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7 Rules of Fashion Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Opz

Zara who is the fashion retailer in Spain, has managed to get the attention from academics and the first case study about its strategies was published by Harvard Business School in 2003. In 2004, Kasra Ferdows, Michael A. Lewis, and Jose A.D. Machuca published the article on Harvard Business Review named " Rapid-Fire Fulfillment ".

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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. billion in 2023, the largest growth rate in current dollars since 2003. These could be amended, scrapped or introduced by current and future administrations. to a total of $108.8

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E2open Acquires Zyme: A Bridge Too Far?

Supply Chain Shaman

This source of channel data is very industry specific to the high tech market. The company was one of a handful of exchanges to survive the market hype 2000-2003 period. The focus was on automating procurement. The historic buyer of the E2open solution is procurement. Procurement does not equal supply chain.

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5 Reasons why eAuctions Drive Better Savings

SCMDOJO

Procurement specialists can use eAuctions to engage and negotiate with more vendors utilizing an organized approach which thus eliminates any need for cumbersome one-on-one meetings. Throughout a genuine and collaborative cooperation with business vendors, they produce innovative approaches to current procurement difficulties.

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Notes from ProcureCon Indirect West at the Wigwam in Phoenix Arizona

Supply Chain View from the Field

I was amazed at the speed and convenience of the technical solutions emerging in the procurement area, based on the discussions I had with the individuals present. Anu discussed how when she signed contracts for her house she bought in 2003, it involved 80 signatures.

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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.