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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the course of the last two weeks, I find myself sitting in CFO offices attempting to explain how financial leadership can drive supply chain improvement. The budget is for a fiscal year with quarter reporting and updates. The direct connection between the two processes increases costs and increases error. The Preamble.

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What € 30M funding really means to us: Accelerating sustainable procurement

EcoVadis

This is, of course, an important milestone for EcoVadis and the entire team here is extremely excited. When EcoVadis started in 2007, our customers were pioneers: Sustainable procurement was an esoteric niche. When EcoVadis started in 2007, our customers were pioneers: Sustainable procurement was an esoteric niche.

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Friends with Fitbits: Fitness Tracking and Taking Supply Chain Planning to the Next Level

Talking Logistics

I purchased my first fitness tracker, set my goals, and the competition began. In supply chain planning, we are driven by metrics. Using manual spreadsheets or even a supply chain planning system that generates reports based only on what took place in the past is a rearview mirror approach. It became a habit.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Stephany Lapierre, CEO at tealbook!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I launched my second business, a strategic sourcing and procurement consulting firm in 2007. That company grew organically and supported over 100 companies ranging from Fortune 100 companies to fast growing businesses building their first procurement function. procurement #purchasing #supplychainmanagement.

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50 Online Resources for Aspiring Supply Chain Scholars

Supply Chain Opz

Track public policy development on Pew Research Center At Pew Research Center, you can browse the report related to public policy published since 1983. The report itself is so comprehensive and full of useful data and charts. Need more analytics power? Need more analytical skill? Resource: Google Public Data 3.

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It Ain’t Easy Being Easy!

Supply Chain Insights

I am pleasantly amazed at the use of innovative technology that is designed to turn the entirety of a forecast and trade promotion planning process into something that has been missing forever – a precise and trustworthy prediction of consumer purchase behavior. about 45% of the trade promotions fail).

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This Week in Logistics News (August 26 – September 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

And when Mark Goodson and Bill Todman began shopping a modernized revival of The Price Is Right, Bob Barker joined on as the host, a role he would hold until his retirement in 2007. Until now, the minimum purchase for free shipping has been $25. billion in revenue, according to Amazon’s latest quarterly earnings report.