EC Sourcing Group

AUGUST 16, 2022

Unethical Sourcing Practices in Procurement and How to Avoid Them. In procurement, unethical practices can be hard to spot. Say you took a gift or a low price from a vendor, neither of which seemed unethical at the time. A perceived lack of ethics may affect your reputation and the entire procurement process and supply chain.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

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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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2015

But you’re only as good as your worst supplier. to take in parts from Pratt’s suppliers, package them into kits holding about 8,000 parts, and ship them to Pratt factories for assembly by company’s machinists. Procuring logistics services is not the same as buying paper clips, yet that’s how many procurement organizations approach it.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JANUARY 14, 2015

Companies such as Honeywell, Caterpillar, Procter and Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, and others have made decisions to implement ERP systems across their end-to-end supply chains, from customer order management to supplier collaboration. procurement activities. innovation, total cost of ownership improvements, etc.).

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KEPLER Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Non-updated product sheets in ERP (purchase price, MOQ, Incoterm,…) resulting in non-compliant supplier orders . Exhaust-data analyses (OTD, pallet volume, transport, suppliers, returns, etc.) Fixed orders placed with the supplier at the very early stage of the need, which generates overstocks. 2/ Order processing.

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Supply Chain Network

MARCH 2, 2012

Acquisitions of Emptoris and Demandtec expanded sourcing and pricing portfolios while the new version of IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE further enhances supply chain network capabilities. Emptoris solutions bring more intelligence to procurement and supply chain operations with spend, supplier and contract management for Smarter Commerce.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2019

per chip were bearable for units selling for $100, but the price of the new chip was a fraction of that, at about $20. In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets. Procurement analysis. Supplier communication.

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