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Pacific Drilling Selects Consus & Ivalua to Drive Sourcing Best Practices Globally

ivalua

Consus and Ivalua implemented and went live with the solution for Pacific Drilling in just two weeks. Pacific Drilling requires a fast, efficient and automated sourcing process to support the company’s Purchasing processes. Ivalua’s best-of-breed sourcing solution will empower us with the technology to drive sourcing best practices.

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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development – A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

When was the last time you ordered food from a company using an app on your phone? The first iPhone only came out in 2007 – ushering in smart phone apps and all the rest in very quick succession. Fossil fuel proponents like to claim that oil and coal are the only “rainy day” energy source out there. The Energy Grid.

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Unethical Sourcing Practices in Procurement and How to Avoid Them

EC Sourcing Group

Unethical Sourcing Practices in Procurement and How to Avoid Them. Say you took a gift or a low price from a vendor, neither of which seemed unethical at the time. For example, employees at Smith & Wesson entered into a series of unethical practices with foreign countries between 2007 and 2010. Illegal sourcing.

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Inventory Management: We Can Do Better

Supply Chain Shaman

As a multi-tasker, when Governor Cuomo broadcasts, I use the time to work out on my rowing machine. Last week on my Network of Networks call, a proud technology salesperson, let’s call him Jim, announced, “I am speaking at Logimed next week on the impact of Just-in-Time (JIT) on the COVID-19 response. Reflection.

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Lifting The Gray Curtain

Supply Chain Shaman

At the end of the presentation, I asked Allyson her perspective on open source analytics. Allyson’s presentation was just that. Recently, I hosted the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit. Executing an event in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging. Allyson Hatfield, demand planner at MARS Petcare presented.

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) (I wrote many reports on airport floors in those days–electrical plugs were just too scarce.) At the time, I was fascinated how the most mature teams bucked the system. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008.

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Help Supply Chain Planners Be More Successful In These Uncertain Times

Supply Chain Shaman

Before boarding the plane, I watched a traveler pull a diet Coke from the bin and thought about the struggle to source sweetener with the rise of COV-19. As I poured the dog food into the bowl for my pups, I wondered if I was going to have to switch kibble due to the looming issues of sourcing taurine—a health additive in many pet foods.