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Microsoft Store Corporate Vice President to Keynote ICON 2020 and Get a Sneak Peek at DEVCON 2020!

BlueYonder

This is the fifth blog in our ICON 2020: What’s New series. Our fantastic speaker lineup for JDA ICON– being held May 4-7, 2020 in Denver, Colorado – just got better! David joined Microsoft in 2009 to create a premium retail experience for customers around the world. DEVCON 2020! Sneak Peek!

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Who Should Be In The Winner’s Circle?

Supply Chain Shaman

Heavily booked and running from meeting to meeting, I was late. The topic of the meeting was the logistics to launch of the AMR Research Top 25. The topic of the meeting was the logistics to launch of the AMR Research Top 25. For the 2020 analysis, twenty-two companies qualified for the Supply Chains to Admire award.

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Toyota’s CEO Leadership Change and An Accelerated EV Supply Network Strategy

Supply Chain Matters

Background Since 2020, Toyota has maintained its recognition as the world’s top selling auto maker. The company has now tapped Koji Sato who has led the Toyota’s Lexus luxury car division since 2020. The question remains as to whether there is enough cost affordable capacity to meet these industry timetables.

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Key Takeaways from the BGSA Conference with Ben Gordon

The Logistics of Logistics

Cambridge Capital was founded in 2009 as the investment affiliate of BG Strategic Advisors (www.bgsa.com), the advisor of choice for a large, growing number of supply chain CEOs. Cambridge Capital leverages BGSA’s unique approach to strategy-led investment banking for the supply chain. The M&A deals included the following: 1.)

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Strategic Procurement: 4 Tactics for Economic Recovery in 2021

ivalua

In August 2020 Gartner published this report “4 Tactics Procurement Can Use to Sustain Influence as Economic Conditions Improve” This blog summarizes the key points of the report which you can read in full, here. Procurement Teams Step-up. When Covid-19 hit, supply chains across the globe nearly came to a halt.

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The World Bank Significantly Lowers 2023 Global Growth Forecast

Supply Chain Matters

According to a release provided by this organization , the 2023 estimate would represent the third-weakest pace of global growth in nearly three decades, overshadowed by the 2009 and 2020 economic downturns. The IMF noted in October of last year that global growth falling below two percent would represent an historically low threshold.

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Lights out: China’s energy woes hamper supply chains

Resilinc

But mining companies are facing serious headwinds: a series of mining accidents and Premier Xi Jinping’s 2020 pledge to cut coal usage as part of the country’s response to climate change. The world’s largest exporter since 2009, Chinese producers shipped $2.5 But China is the top concern for supply chain managers.