Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

I was attending the Zycus Horizons 2014 conference at Amelia Island today, listening to speakers. Chris Sawchuck from the Hackett Group interviewed three heads of procurement from three large companies, and asked an important question. Does procurement add to top line revenue. And if not – what will change?”.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I’ve had the good fortune to be presented with opportunities for compelling discussions with a significant group of leading thinkers, senior executives in procurement, logistics, and technology management over this past year. Procurement will play a key role in monitoring supply base conditions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

From there, we can upgrade supply planning systems, streamline procurement, revamp warehousing and distribution and, perhaps most importantly, enable collaboration across vast networks of supply chain partners to keep goods flowing. Matt Elenjickal is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FourKites.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Purchases include ICON-SCM in 2013; SERUS Corporation in 2014; Orchestro and Terra Technology in 2016; Steelwedge and Zyme in 2017; Inttra, Cloud Logistics, Entomo and Birch Worldwide in 2018; and Amber Road in 2019. Coupa is well funded and performed well in the indirect procurement software market. Let me explain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

” Hau Lee, October 2014. We consistently see that companies focused on functional excellence–a focus within a functional silo like manufacturing, transportation or distribution– or singular metrics– like inventory or costs– underperform against their peer groups. Harvard Business Review. The gap was large.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2023

While many companies assemble great sourcing and procurement teams when it comes time to renegotiate freight contracts, they often fail to provide good documentation that allows them to negotiate from a position of strength. Once that’s in place, CFOs will notice: Improved margin by lowering your cost of goods sold. Reduced working capital.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Robinson , Descartes Systems Group , MercuryGate , Transplace , Opus9 , Paragon , and TranzAct Technologies. Hub Group To Acquire CaseStack, Inc. I want to thank all of our team members once again for their time and commitment to train and fundraise over the past few months. enVista Joins Blockchain in Transport Alliance.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 25, 2023

The announcement makes reference to the initial 2014 investment in the Gigafactory Nevada complex and a statement that upwards of $6.5 Bob Ferrari © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. billion has already been invested, amounting to 5.4 million of production footprint.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 8, 2013

Coincidentally, at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference yesterday, I attended a presentation by Justin Dillon, Founder and CEO of Made in a Free World , a nonprofit group that is “building a coalition of consumers, businesses, and governments to disrupt the system of slavery.” The group plans to publish the results of the talks in May.”.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 3, 2013

In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The widely-held view was that the e-procurement market would fuel the next generation of marketplace applications. The rebirth of marketplace offerings is not on the back of e-procurement or ERP. The debates were heated.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 30, 2013

Ron provided another compelling view on the Future of Procurement, and shared the organization model Duke Energy is using to build their merger activity and integrate a diverse supply base. Don’t expect a huge amount of growth, until perhaps 2014 when things may improve marginally. The basic message – more of the same.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 9, 2023

That profitability warning represented the lowest profit for the company since Q3-2014. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Total revenues are expected to decline by 8.6 Both estimates of profitability and revenues were below the consensus of equity analyst expectations.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2022

The previous five-year labor contract was ratified in 2014 , after a total of nine months of contract negotiations and considerable urging from government officials for both sides to reach resolution. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. All rights reserved. . The post U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 5, 2022

Lee Partners , an investor in automation and supply chain; and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 , which is part of the SoftBank Group. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Previous rounds have been led by Menlo Ventures and Playground Global. All rights reserved. .

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

Leading this round was Morgan Stanley Investment Management with added participation from StepStone Group and Columbia Capital. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. This tech provider was more recently named as the Fast Company World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 17, 2015

But by 2014, the U.S. A perfect example of where this phrase applies is the Oil and Gas industry, especially here in the United States where we’ve seen significant change and volatility over the past 5+ years. As the table below shows, back in 2008, the U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 26, 2022

Trey is a Brand Ambassador at Lean Solutions Group , a nearshore service provider that delivers high-quality business solutions in staffing, tech, marketing, and sales for U.S.-based Trey Griggs is a Brand Ambassador at Lean Solutions Group and the Founder and CEO of BETA Consulting Group (BCG). About Trey Griggs .

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Last updated on December 16th , 2014. ARC Advisory Group. 9th Edition Global Procurement and Supply Chain Management for the Oil and Gas Industry. ITE Group. So mark your calendar with the relevant supply chain conferences. 26-29 January. 14th annual Cool Chain & Controlled Room Temperature Logistics Europe.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 14, 2013

Financial ratios allow us to analyze performance across the peer group (large against small companies) and across currencies. We also look for companies that have out-performed their peer groups. These reports will be the foundation of the new book that we are writing for 2014. We look for year-over-year improvement.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Command Alkon organized a Leadership Roundtable with a select group of industry executives from all segments of the HBM ecosystem to discuss “The Data We Have vs. The Information We Need.” Streamline, automate, and compress Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay processes. So, what are some of the data challenges the industry faces?

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

Wonder Group. Founded in 2014 and based in Chicago, FourKites is working with more than 1,000 businesses in helping to track shipments from manufacturing facilities, warehouses and retail sites. Wonder Group Closes $350 Million Funding Round. Our prior regular published update of this column occurred on June 14 th.

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Bateman also emphasized the differences between visibility, transparency, and traceability and urged procurement executives to prioritize each concept accordingly. trillion); up from 18 percent in 2014.”. He emphasized the need to strategically align people and resources before initiating a new process or technology.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

According to a survey by Deloitte from 2014, 79 % of companies with high-performing supply chains achieve revenue growth superior to the average within their industries. In 2014, a survey by Tompkins Consortium delivered a shocking revelation. Procurement costs. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 29, 2017

Patrick Dittli (44) was appointed in 2014 to support and coordinate the supply chains around the world. His end-to-end mindset and understanding of the impact that supply chain has on procurement, customer facing, finance, systems, and personnel has been essential as metro is building up its multi-channel competence. “We

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Enterra Insights

JULY 27, 2021

Simulate the CO 2 footprint of the plan through procurement, production, and transport. Chris Cunnane ( @ccunnane ), a Senior Analyst with the ARC Advisory Group, writes, “More and more companies are looking to reduce waste and turn their supply chain operations into a circular economy. ocean plastics, product takebacks).”

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

I find that in this world of the global multi-national that procurement processes have become convoluted and increasingly complex. (In In my opinion, we have made procurement increasingly complex without adding value. Spinnaker Management Group asked me to co-present on a demand-driven webinar with SanDisk.

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

Today, Amex Auto Spares’ local procurement staff spend considerably more time negotiating best pricing with suppliers rather than trying to figure out what to buy! The post May 2019 Automation Hero: Elsante Mnzava of Mkenga Group appeared first on EazyStock. How do tasks change when you implement automation solutions?

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

”[8] As a result, by spring 2014, Google data centers used 50% less energy than the industry average. Everything from procurement, to production, to logistics can be improved using artificial intelligence. Compared to five years ago, we now get around 3.5 Although those results were impressive, their efforts continued.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The focus was on automating procurement. The stock hovered near $30 per share for many months in 2014. The Cross-Company Cohort in May will take a group of leaders through the seven supply chain online learning modules that we built with help from CorpU. Investors moaned. Next-Generation Supply Chain Training.

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

Today, Amex Auto Spares’ local procurement staff spend considerably more time negotiating the best pricing with suppliers rather than trying to figure out what to buy! The post May 2019 Automation Hero: Elsante Mnzava of Mkenga Group appeared first on EazyStock. How do tasks change when you implement automation solutions?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Argentus is a boutique recruitment firm focused on Supply Chain and Procurement. As a recruitment company specializing in Supply Chain and Procurement, Argentus sits at the nexus of a lot of these demographic changes. We’re maybe a ways past the 2008-2014 heyday of stereotyping millennials in the workforce. Subscribe Here!

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BlueYonder

APRIL 18, 2018

Heather’s career spans more than 30 years in the manufacturing and transportation industries, with leadership positions in procurement, logistics and marketing at Danaher, Honeywell, Union Pacific Corporation and NCR Corporation. SCN: Why is building a strong network of women leaders so important?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2016

At Transplace’s recent Shipper Symposium, a diverse group of shippers, logistics experts and analysts came together to discuss the latest industry trends and obstacles faced by supply chain and transportation professionals, and identify strategies for addressing these issues and improving operations. How much excess capacity is there today?

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

This group was composed of notable academics, as well as representatives from government and NGO’s – helping to shape the discussion on biofuels. Some of the recommendations I made to the group are discussed here in this blog, and published in the latest edition of Industrial Biotechnology journal.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 24, 2018

However, their ability to collect from customers and manage inventory actually both deteriorated, masked by a significant increase in the time companies take to pay suppliers, according to the latest Working Capital Survey results from The Hackett Group. In 2017, companies significantly extended payments to suppliers, taking 3.4

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 30, 2022

The company’s efforts in these dimensions began in 2014 with the creation of Planning Services Centers (PSC) and eventually a North America Operations Supply Chain Analytics Center. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Bob Ferrari. All rights reserved. .

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We now are the group EssilorLuxottica. . These difficult events allowed us to extend our S&OP with the materials procurement department, which is now a strength. Does it mean you have included the sourcing and procurement departments in your global S&OP meetings? ESSILOR is the World Leader of Ophthalmic Lenses.

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