Remove 2014 Remove Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Remove North America Remove Procurement
article thumbnail

Writing: Working on My Book

Supply Chain Shaman

The manuscript is due to Wiley on March 1st for an August 2014 publish date. I need it for my conference on September 10th-11th, 2014. He is responsible for manufacturing, procurement, supply chain planning, logistics, quality, social responsibility and final product engineering. I am behind. The heat is on. No backing out.

article thumbnail

6 Things We've Learned from McDonald's Procurement Management

AFFLINK

In the foodservice industry, there are few better examples of great procurement management than McDonald's. Excellent procurement is part of the reason that McDonald's has been able to grow from a small family barbecue restaurant into a global conglomerate with more than 35,000 restaurants in over 110 different countries.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus was on automating procurement. The stock hovered near $30 per share for many months in 2014. On March 26, 2015, I nsight Venture Partners (“Insight”) purchased E2open for $8.60 Taking the company private, the investment by Insights gives E2open capital to purchase companies. Investors moaned.

article thumbnail

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. Supply Excellence. Procurement Blog.

article thumbnail

10 reasons to attend SustaIn 2017

EcoVadis

Watch a video from last edition in New York: The event will also be the occasion for the Sustainable Procurement Leadership Awards Ceremony , recognizing leadership in Sustainable Procurement. Gilles Testu – VP – Purchasing Strategy Processes & Systems, PSA Peugeot-Citroen.

article thumbnail

A vision for a transparent global Rare Earth Element system using blockchain technology

Provenance

There are currently mines in Europe, Australia, Africa and North America at the feasibility study stage (the final stage of pre-production, that determines whether to develop a mine), with some –– such as the Nolans Bore mine in Australia –– set to be operational within the next three years. McLellan, G.D. Golev, S.H.

article thumbnail

36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

manufacturing facility in 2014. Nike @Nike Morgan Stanley predicts that Nike will move 20% of its production to more automated factories by 2023 to accommodate the new “buy now, wear now” shopping environment and “fast fashion” demand driven by e-commerce.