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Shipper Pain Points with Brad Forester

The Logistics of Logistics

Brad is the Founder of JBF Consulting , which specialize in freight technology – strategy, system integration, implementation and deployment. With functional expertise in Global TMS Programs, Change Management, Organizational Design, and Systems Integration, he has been leveraging these skills to benefit clients since he founded JBF in 2003.

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

Supply Chain Shaman

At each company, there is a relationship between the metrics of growth, margin, inventory, customer service, and asset strategy. While the company’s investments in manufacturing scheduling and demand sensing improved outcomes, the organization under-invested indirect procurement and network design. The results are questionable.

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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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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?

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The Era of Best of Breed Solutions: Experts Weigh In

HICX Solutions

As Pierre Laprée , CEO of Per Angusta points out, best-of-breed solutions are frequently built by procurement practitioners for procurement practitioners. It is this approach which has been hindering advancement in Procurement. This is the reason why artificial intelligence comes to the stage in this specific area.

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

Jaggaer

Procurement professionals around the world are sitting up and paying attention, especially in sectors with globally integrated supply chains. Since the outbreak of SARS in 2003, the last major epidemic to hit China, the country has become even more important as a source of key components and materials as well as finished consumer goods.

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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 2.0 However, there is one company that stands out.