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How 2011 Prepared Us for Today

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A Procurement Officer Survey conducted in 2012 by the IBM Institute for Business Value found that 53% of respondents believed their organization was “effective” or “very effective” at leveraging Supplier Relationship Management and Supplier Risk Management technologies. Most Procurement organizations are not yet advanced.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 1

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. « Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 0 | Main | Leveraging Social Media for Improving Forecast Reliability » Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 1. Posted by: Ankush Deshmukh | March 6, 2012 7:13 AM.

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Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) Overview: Are You Ready?

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In 2012, for example, the FDA reported the distribution of counterfeit cancer medicine in the US when several medical offices procured counterfeit batches of the injectable cancer drug bevacizumab from a foreign entity. FDA lab tests found at least one version of the drug had no active ingredients.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus was on automating procurement. There were many twists and turns with management teams, but E2open’s initial public offering in July 2012 was 4,687,500 shares of its common stock, including 3,750,000 shares from the company and 937,500 shares from the selling stockholders, at a price to the public of $15 per share.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

In contrast, performance levels related to North America , Europe and South America were noted as remaining weak, on average, compared to Asia. China’s official PMI index compiled by country’s Statistics Bureau and weighted toward state-owned manufacturers recorded its highest reading since April 2012 at a reading of 52.6

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. For instance, if Product-Location has procurement type In-House Production ("E") and if it is missing a corresponding PPDS PPM, then we flagged it as an error code. Procurement Blog. Business Process Outsourcing.