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When It Comes to Planning, Please Vote with Ike!

Supply Chain Shaman

The 34th president of the United States (1953 to 1961.). In the current state, we will become more reactive. On average, industries carry 38 more days of inventory than in 2007. As a result, the river of demand becomes dirty and turbulent as demand flows through the organization to procurement. ” Dwight D.

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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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“You’re Only as Good as Your Worst Supplier”

Talking Logistics

Our mission was to develop technologies and business processes that would enable us to transfer semiconductor packaging from Asia to the United States in order to shorten our supply chain, decrease lead times, and respond more quickly to customer demands and issues.

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More Challenges for the Transportation Network: Day 2 of the SCRC Meeting

Supply Chain View from the Field

Railroads were critical in helping to develop the United States in the last half of the 1800’s. He notes that this is similar to the 2006-2007 market where capacity was becoming constrained. This is impacting how you think about managing the network, and in procurement.

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Biobased Economy Continues to Grow: USDA Secretary Announces NC State-Duke Study Results on Monday

NC State SCRC

The rural unemployment rate has dropped below 6 percent for the first time since 2007, and from 2012-2014, we saw rural child poverty fall by 3 percentage points.”. million biobased related jobs directly and indirectly throughout the United States’ economy. According to An Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. percent.

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

Precoro

We've already mentioned that Generally Accepted Accounting Principles are used specifically in the United States. For example, it may be complicated for companies to manage the procurement of inventory, which impacts the cost of goods sold (COGS) and inventory valuation. What are the differences between GAAP and IFRS?

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Top 10 Companies with Best Corporate Responsibility Records

Material Handling & Logistics

Recently Corporate Responsibility Magazine announced its 19th annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, recognizing the standout environmental, social and governance performance of public companies across the United States. workspace://SpacesStore/75b32762-470d-4d45-919f-0fb853d1e15c. Printer-friendly version. Ecolab Inc. Media Type.