Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 million bbl/d in 2015.” . In other cases, as the saying goes, we simply fail to see the forest for the trees when making predictions. What do you think of my predictions?

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In 2015, Lull, an eCommerce furniture company, saw an opportunity to offer a better solution: mattresses that didn’t cost an arm and a leg. Get the PDF of Lull’s case study >> Challenges to Order Fulfillment. The post Lull Case Study: Order Fulfillment that Doesn’t Keep You Up at Night appeared first on FLEXE.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As a B2B company, procurement management is essential. In 2015, the company began focusing on total cost of ownership, order cycle time, and sales and operations planning. The company is now focusing on cognitive sourcing, demand-driven procurement, and enhancing visibility. Bringing It All Together: The Connected Supply Chain.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

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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BlueYonder

MARCH 31, 2015

The second edition of the optimization summit (OptSum) was held amidst a scene of unprecedented enthusiasm in Bangalore on March 10 -11, 2015. Three case studies across predictive and prescriptive analytics were discussed by Prof. Dinesh Kumar from IIM Bangalore.

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Arena Solutions

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In the case of Google Glass wearable technology, it was pulled from the market in 2015 due to a bulky design, lack of practical features, and privacy concerns 2. operations, quality, procurement), contract manufacturers, and suppliers in design reviews and gather their input early on. Why Google Glass Failed.

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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. My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015. When I heard their story, I scratched my head.

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Costa , the UK’s largest and fastest-growing coffee shop brand, implemented a demand and replenishment planning system that takes POS data from its unmanned, self-serve coffee stations every 15 minutes to forecast demand, optimize inventory, and generate nightly replenishment proposals for distribution and procurement.

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Supply Chain Movement

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Contents Supply Chain Movement 19 – 2015 Q4. Publishing date: 27 November 2015. 30 | Case study: 3M doubles its truck load factor. 46 | Tools & Technology. • Better forecasts and implementation best practices. • Apps for more efficient procurement procedures. 6 | News & Background. Winner of last quarter.

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EcoVadis

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

During the EcoVadis SustaIn event in March, Marco Gonçalves , Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at Nestlé shared how they have taken responsible sourcing program beyond compliance and sustainability, to Creating Shared Value in their initiative. In the case of responsible sourcing, we are working on two fronts.

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has led the charge for sustainable procurement in recent years as technology companies push hard to meet consumer demands for transparency in the supply chain. Alcatel-Lucent Sustainable Procurement Case Study.

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EcoVadis

APRIL 7, 2014

Exchanging experiences , best practices and insights on Sustainable Procurement has always been at the heart of our annual Client Committee. Around 150 CSR and procurement professionals joined us from all over Europe and North America.

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RELEX Solutions

MAY 21, 2018

Case Derome: Ensuring a Successful Implementation and Change Management During Rapid Growth. Customers » Case Studies. In 2015, Derome set out to improve its supply chain processes knowing it needed an agile solution to support its growth as keeping track of stock levels without an inventory management system was difficult.

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ivalua

APRIL 26, 2019

Duncan Jones from Forester then presented on “Executing a Successful Procurement Transformation”. Forester and Ivalua collaborated on a recent survey of procurement executives, and one finding from Jones was that most firms “don’t realise how far they lag behind the leaders”. The gap is widening between leaders and laggards.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

This self-service 4-session course provides an overview of how to build a strong transportation management foundation, with a focus on strategy development, procurement, the role of technology, and the importance of enabling a continuous improvement culture and processes. Descartes reported record revenues of $185.0

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 7, 2020

Mini Case Study: Walmart. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool. Procurement costs. There is also the question of ethical procurement and purchasing to consider. . Ethical Procurement and Corporate Responsibility. So if you want to be sure of business success, review your supply chain strategy.

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Elementum

MAY 21, 2015

They trust the food, so they trust the brand, and that pays the bills: the first quarter of 2015 marked Chipotle’s fifth in a row of year on year growth. The success of Chipotle and other adopters of transparent food supply chains present a clear case study: supply chain visibility holds weight with the modern American diner.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 27, 2022

A Case Study. 2011-Divestiture of Pringles to Kellogg for 2.7B$ 2014-Sale of IAMS to Mars for 2.9B$ 2015-Sale of 43 P&G Beauty Brands to Coty for 12.5B$. In short, the individual metric will improve, but the performance on other metrics may suffer. Let’s take P&G as an example. Discontinued in 2011.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 3, 2016

It is apparent that growth is occurring increasingly in specialty sectors (as exemplified by several of the case studies in the report). The methodology used to create this report involved scaling the outputs from IMPLAN using estimates of the biobased portion of each sector from the 2015 study.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Scott Schlotthauer Chief Procurement Officer Oklahoma State University. When Scott Schlotthauer arrived at Oklahoma State University to take the job of chief procurement officer in 2015, he brought more than 25 years of experience with him — 21 years in the private sector and over five years running procurement for the State of Oklahoma.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As a B2B company, procurement management is essential. In 2015, the company began focusing on total cost of ownership, order cycle time, and sales and operations planning. The company is now focusing on cognitive sourcing, demand-driven procurement, and enhancing visibility. Bringing It All Together: The Connected Supply Chain.

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EcoVadis

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

John Elkington is a world authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development, and was one of the keynote speakers for the EcoVadis SustaIn 2015 event held in Paris earlier this year. In this video, John discusses sustainable procurement challenges and the role of Ecovadis. See this case study on Bayer.

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Unleashed

APRIL 27, 2022

We take a look and offer strategies and case studies, along with tips from supply chain professionals. Also known as supply chain stewardship, the circular supply chain puts the onus back on those who manage supply chains to make procurement and manufacturing decisions that positively influence sustainable outcomes.

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Requis

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I’ve always been very practical, which is why my PhD thesis was a research topic, not a case study. I started blogging under my own name in 2015, but as I learned more about marketing, I decided I needed a brand so we could include other people. I like to solve problems. The more I get into supply chain, the better it gets!

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EcoVadis

JUNE 29, 2016

When the devastating chemical explosion occurred in Tianjin last August 2015, grave concerns over the safety and sustainability of suppliers in China were brought to the forefront (see related paper). Responsible consumerism drives Responsible manufacturing (which includes Responsible procurement). Business Case Study.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 9, 2017

One dinner participant laughed as he said, “The more efficient we try to make procurement, the more we screw it up!” Instead, I question the status quo, paint some possible use cases, and prod the industry to consider a different path. Here are some case studies I developed through talking to technology experts.

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RELEX Solutions

JULY 5, 2017

Case Hankkija: Full-service Agricultural Store Chain Transforms Its Procurement Process. Insights » Case Studies. Under its new owner, Hankkija overhauled its entire procurement process, set up a new DC and built its purchasing organization around it. Group turnover 810 million euros (2015). Introduction.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Visibility Enables Faster Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash processes : for example, you can leverage Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD) and geofencing to initiate invoicing and payment process. . To paraphrase a popular saying, it takes a village to achieve and maintain high levels of supply chain visibility.

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