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When It Comes to Planning, Please Vote with Ike!

Supply Chain Shaman

On average, industries carry 38 more days of inventory than in 2007. The industry is rife with event companies that place the speakers on stage to tell their story, but no one asks the question, “Based on results, is this a supply chain leader?” In the current state, we will become more reactive. Days of Inventory Shifts.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

Executing an event in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging. At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. The supply chain investments of the last decade focused on improving black & white processes–order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. Lockdowns and Disbelief.

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The expanding scope of procurement analytics: Some initial thoughts

NC State SCRC

Procurement analytics, which supports decision making in procurement management, typically handles problems and decisions that are related to cost reduction, supplier management, cost modeling, procurement-led innovation, market strategies, supply chain risk, and stakeholder value improvement (Handfield, Jeong, and Choi 2019).

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

If you have not yet tackled the question of ethics in procurement, now is a great time to start. It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Procurement is what sets entire supply chains and their organisations in motion.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech September 8 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 This provider describes itself as an AI- enabled procurement Cloud platform built for the sourcing of lower-dollar, non-strategic purchases, commonly referred to as “ tail spend.” Fairmarkit Announces $35.6

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

Ironically, inventory levels today are higher than they were in 2007; yet customer service levels issues abound. Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement. If this is you, I welcome you to join our upcoming events. The event focus? The reason why? The answer is simple.

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

Supply Chain Game Changer

I started my first business at 18, doing corporate events and production. I launched my second business, a strategic sourcing and procurement consulting firm in 2007. We would replace processes with insights and elevate procurement to a completely new level. procurement #purchasing #supplychainmanagement.