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Ocean Freight Procurement and Going with the Stream

Freightos

Not that long ago, they were the only way people listened to music, peaking at 23 million units sold in Q1 2009. The annual fixed-price contract is the current go-to for ocean freight procurement. Just like streaming replaced that iPod as a better way of listening to music, ocean freight procurement now has a better way.

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The expanding scope of procurement analytics: Some initial thoughts

NC State SCRC

Procurement analytics, which supports decision making in procurement management, typically handles problems and decisions that are related to cost reduction, supplier management, cost modeling, procurement-led innovation, market strategies, supply chain risk, and stakeholder value improvement (Handfield, Jeong, and Choi 2019).

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Associated Grocers of New England Selects HIMPACT

Herlitz Inventory Management

October XX , 2021, Cambridge, MA – Herlitz Inventory Management , leading innovator in scientific demand forecasting, replenishment and optimization, announced that Associated Grocers of New England (AGNE) has selected HIMPACT as its new purchasing system. “As About Herlitz Inventory Management.

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Unlearning Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

The near-infinite processing power Cloud computing provides (along with other technological innovations) will cause everyone in the supply chain and logistics field to unlearn the way we’ve always done things, everything from the way we design software applications to how we design and manage supply chain processes.

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Biogen Idec designs the innovation supply chain

Supply Chain View from the Field

” In 2009, I moved into the supply chain area, and worked with Rob in understanding how to apply analytics with a procurement focus. In 2009 we were $2B, and suddenly had five new drugs approved in two years. We have 7000 employees and are growing into a$10B company. which is a 90 day process.

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The Emergence of the Biobased Economy

Supply Chain View from the Field

The White House defines a biobased economy as follows: “A bioeconomy is one based on the use of research and innovation in the biological sciences to create economic activity and public benefit.”. The Bio-Based Economy is characterized by a new generation of environmentally friendly materials and products and economic opportunities for U.S.

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Supply Chain Management:Rapid Innovation will Differentiate the.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. « Oil operators and Oil services firms - time to dissolve internal walls | Main | Enabling individual item picking in tomorrows warehouses » Rapid Innovation will Differentiate the Future of Retail Industry.