2010 Procurement Solutions Sourcing 
SCMDOJO
MARCH 24, 2025
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.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
So much so that in 2010, I believed that the convergence of social and traditional enterprise applications would happen quickly. Sentiment Analysis and Text Mining Tools offer promise, but the typical social listening tools used in digital marketing like Coremetrics and Radian6 are grossly inadequate. Absolutely!
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DELMIA Quintiq
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
The Atlanta-based company demonstrated that companies focusing “heavily on supplier diversity” generated a 133% greater return on procurement investments than the typical business. billion, with non-diversity companies accounting for nearly 80% of that purchasing power. Their spending power in the year 2000 was over $6.5
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 1, 2021
The prevalence of smoking is going down, but the world’s population is increasing; the net result is that the forecast for the number of smokers is essentially flat in 2025 as compared to 2010. We needed to simulate multiple scenarios of significantly increased capacity and sourcing complexity, at speed and over a long planning horizon.
Supply Chain Shaman
MAY 21, 2024
When I was an analyst at AMR Research (purchased by Gartner in 2010), I used the framework shown in Figure 2, as a framework to discuss supply chain excellence. The data sourced from Y charts was charted by Regina Denman and shared with the statistics department at Georgia Tech. What Drives Value?
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
On Monday, November 27th, Logility announced the purchase of privately-held Halo Business Intelligence. This announcement continues the trend of supply chain software market consolidation. Logility is a well-established player in the supply chain software market. The company was spun out of the parent company American Software.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 14, 2018
In this series of posts, I am going to make an argument to augment ERP planning with new cloud-based solutions to improve decision-making. A slight change within a function–in sourcing or manufacturing, or along the chain–can greatly impact the outcomes of cost, customer service, or working capital.
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