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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. As a research leader at AMR Research when I voiced the concern for a more rigorous peer group analysis in prior meetings, I hoped for a better outcome. The reason?

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Using Digital Supply Chain Planning to Respond to Market-Changing Disruptions like COVID-19

ToolsGroup

Gartner research shows that companies that continued to increase earnings while others declined in 2009 and 2010 were those that were able to keep their foot on the gas through the downturn because they had planned responses in advance. The real world rarely follows the rules–the Coronavirus is more evidence of this reality.

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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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How Many Slaves Are in Your Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

California, for example, passed the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 , which went into effect in January 2012. Maintain internal accountability standards and procedures for employees or contractors failing to meet company standards regarding slavery and trafficking. Be Sociable, Share!

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US Food Manufacturing Success: Outsourcing MRO Supply Chain

Synovos

RS Integrated Supply, a global provider of outsourced storeroom management and procurement services, was hired to handle all indirect procurement, including storeroom management, on their behalf. Not having to manage the indirect procurement process retains advantages for the client.

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US Food Mfg. Thrives After Outsourcing MRO Supply Chain:13-year Partnership Generates Millions in Savings

Synovos

RS Integrated Supply, a global provider of outsourced storeroom management and procurement services, was hired to handle all indirect procurement, including storeroom management, on their behalf. Not having to manage the indirect procurement process retains advantages for the client.

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Resilience and Agility in Supply Chains: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The scarcity of skilled professionals in areas such as logistics, procurement, and data analytics can hinder the ability to effectively manage and optimize supply chains. These changes have increased the speed and accuracy of information flow, enabled real-time visibility, and improved collaboration among supply chain partners.