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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

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 Brent crude oil prices Dec 2009 – Dec 2014 (Source MoneyAM.com). million bbl/d in 2015.” . If you want that oil, that’s what you will have to pay for it.

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Supply Chains By the Numbers

Supply Chain Shaman

For me, tonight sitting facing the city skyline in the dark, 2015 sounds so far in the future; but, I know that it is on the horizon. When 2015 rolls in, for me, it will mark a decade of quantitative research focused on understanding the evolution of supply chain management. Check back in 2015 to read the 301st blog.

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Supply Chain 2015

SCM Research

Last week, a well-made special report by Raconteur, titled Supply Chain 2015 (pdf), was distributed in The Times of London. Other topics covered by the report are, among others, strategic procurement, top technologies, demand prediction, sustainable supply chains and cross-border delivery. I very much enjoyed reading it.

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­Driving decarbonization with technology

Taulia

This blog highlights key strategies from these recent forums on sustainable procurement and practical tips to achieve impactful results. Procurement teams have a particularly important role in supporting companies’ sustainability goals. As such, procurement is the biggest lever companies can use to control greenhouse gas emissions.

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Understanding Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 and are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda. As a result, Mars has been able to procure renewable electricity to cover the entire business in those specific countries. degrees Celsius.

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. In 2015, after a failed IPO, Insight Venture Partners (Insight) acquired E2open for $273M. Coupa is well funded and performed well in the indirect procurement software market. The supply chain career is new. Evolution is messy.

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3 ways supplier diversity in supply chain can positively impact your business

DELMIA Quintiq

The Atlanta-based company demonstrated that companies focusing “heavily on supplier diversity” generated a 133% greater return on procurement investments than the typical business. With the growth of minority-owned businesses, however, minority purchasing power alone is projected to surpass $2 trillion by the end of 2015.