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Staying Ahead of Supply Chain Paradigms – LogiSYM September 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Experts and pundits are forecasting wholesale changes to every industry and every part of life, but only a minority of these forecasts of massive, permanent change will bear out. Others are wishful thinking on the part of ideologically or emotionally motivated forecasters,” writes the firm on their website.

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The Industrial Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis

Logistics Bureau

When leading economists start talking about a drop in manufacturing comparable to the start of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, you can be sure that the world’s leading industries are in for a torrid few months. Moody’s Investor Service forecasts a drop of 2.5% in vehicle sales worldwide in 2020 due to Coronavirus. Technology.

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Supply Chain Management:SAP acquired Ariba, what does it mean.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

When a colleague forwarded the news of SAP (finally) buying Ariba past midnight India time on Wednesday ( [link] ), my first response was roughly on the lines of "better late to the dance than allow Oracle to steal your partner". Supply Chain Planning & Forecasting (59). Enterprise Asset Management: IT Asset Management (57).

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GAAP for Accounts Payable: What it is and why it's important

Precoro

Most other countries, including members of the European Union, Japan, India, Singapore, Australia, and Canada, instead implement International Financial Reporting Standards in their accounting. We've already mentioned that Generally Accepted Accounting Principles are used specifically in the United States.

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Major Trends Impacting the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Ecosystem

Supply Chain View from the Field

Looking at global figures, growth in the consumption of drugs has increased 32 percent from $735 billion in 2007 to $965 billion in 2012, and consumption is projected to reach about $1.2 Russia and India enjoyed similarly impressive uplifts. In the U.S. alone, the volume of prescriptions has almost doubled in less than 15 years.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

France, India, Germany, Mexico and Spain. With more than 4 million customers and the forecasted GMV of £20 billion by 2020 , Jet is highly recognized and trusted marketplace in the US. Launched in 2007, Flipkart is India’s leading ecommerce marketplace with over 80 million products across 80+ categories and sub-categories.

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Dissecting the Headwinds and Tailwinds of Digital Transformation

Supply Chain Shaman

Public markets reward growth, and the average growth for companies for the period of 2011-2016 was 1/3 the rate of growth for the period of 1986-2007. At the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit last week, Gita Gopinath, Harvard University economist forecasted worldwide global growth at 3.6%, but only 1.9% Trade is tougher.