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What is Purchase Price Variance (PPV) and How to Calculate it?

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Introduction Gardner, (1954) and Huntzinger, (2007) define Purchase price variance (PPV) as a metric used to measure the effectiveness of cost-saving efforts by calculating the difference between the planned cost (standard pricing) allocated for purchasing activities and the actual cost incurred.

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Taming the Supply Chain. Will It Ever Be Social?

Supply Chain Shaman

So much so that in 2010, I believed that the convergence of social and traditional enterprise applications would happen quickly. They excel in the four Ps of marketing. These tools only answer the questions that we know to ask. In January 2010, Toyota had a very messy recall for nine million vehicles globally.

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Aligning Supply Chain Metrics to Improve Value

Supply Chain Shaman

In follow-up qualitative interviews, one of the largest issues with organizational alignment was metric definition and a clear definition of supply chain excellence. To manage continuous improvement, companies need a clear definition of excellence and organizational alignment to that goal. They do not excel in planning or forecasting.

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Was Integrated Planning a Hoax?

Supply Chain Shaman

However, what is clear from our recent study of 73 manufacturers using supply chain planning is that companies using best-of-breed solutions implement faster, achieve a quicker Return-on-Investment (ROI), and are more satisfied. Today, in many organizations, these solutions are legacy. Was it intentional? Or accidental?

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Insights from Elemica reveal 2014 Frankfurt

Talking Logistics

The German team overcame disappointments in 2006 and 2010 to win the World Cup this year, while favorites Spain (the defending champion) and Brazil (the host country) were humbled by the competition. BASF’s goals included: Automating the end-to-end Purchase-to-Pay process from purchase requisition to invoice.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Nick Lynch is the Global Excellence Manager at Shell Lubricants, a division of Shell Global. It is just not enough to do a software upgrade or slowly push continuous improvement projects. What can often look like compliance in APO could actually be numbers calculated in Excel and posted into the SAP system.

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Rockwell Automation: A Case Study in Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Shaman

To decide winners, we analyze post-recession period performance of 2010-2018 by peer group. Diversified Industry Performance For the Period of 2010-2017. As a B2B company, procurement management is essential. The company also offers engineered-to-order solutions, such as control centers and medium-voltage drives.