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Supplier Diversity: From Checking-the-Box to a C-Suite Strategy

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Since 2004, the Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council (CAMSC) has worked to ” facilitate business relationships with Canadian corporations and supplier organizations owned by Aboriginals and minorities.” In 2014, the European Union (EU) took steps to encourage supplier diversity by implementing a social procurement policy.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

source: tradingeconomics.com. source: thebalance.com. The law of supply and demand, coupled with other environmental and political factors, have led to two months of inflation that are higher than we have seen in 30 years (see table below). ?. Have we lost the knowledge of how to be profitable during periods of high inflation?

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Logility Buys Halo BI

Supply Chain Shaman

A significant source of revenue for the company is maintenance renewals. Prior acquisitions include: Demand Management, (often termed Demand Solutions) supply chain planning for mid-market, 2004 for $9.5M MID Retail, 2014, assortment planning, price undisclosed. The American Software company in 2016 invested 9.9%

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Infor’s Acquistion of GT Nexus: If I Had a Magic Wand

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. Founded in 2002 under the name of Agilisys, Infor rebranded in 2004. Based on reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the company hired Morgan Stanley to shop the company and package it for sale in 2014 with an expected evaluation of 800M$. Figure 3: Current State.

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6 Things We've Learned from McDonald's Procurement Management

AFFLINK

In 2014, McDonald’s developed its Global Sustainability Framework , meaning that it aimed to find suppliers who produced more sustainable products. McDonald’s has new goals that it wants to achieve by 2020, including purchasing sustainable beef and sourcing 100% recycled fiber packaging. Changing with the Times is Important.

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

We were an early adopter of the E2Open technology and we experimented on building B2B networks early in 2004. Second Phase: 2006-2014. We are targeting much improved end-to-end planning in response to multiple demand sources. When I think of the future, I think of a thin broad line across design, plan, source, make and deliver.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

When I visited Cuba with my father in 2004, we drove several hours from Cienfuegos to Camaguey to visit my aunt Z and her family. OHL Launches Phase One of Their Single Source Portal for Customer Logistics Intelligence. Cass Truckload Linehaul Index November 2014. I really don’t know what to think. Which do I trust?