ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The introduction of E-Procurement: Price and availability are not the only factors to be considered in a purchasing decision, especially now that a strong supply chain has become an unmissable element for every company in today’s business climate (Namulo, 2017).

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In 2017, a strategy consultant was hired to do a top-to-bottom assessment of the Boston University procurement program. Randall Moore was hired as the new chief procurement officer in May. Facilities sourcing and construction contracting were centralized in the procurement department. It was like a trip through Hell.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 12, 2019

As a result, when I was a Gartner analyst and technology providers would provoke me to write a Magic Quadrant on visibility solutions, I would laugh. The caution is that the word “visibility” is over used, and there are many solution options. These solutions are proprietary and closed. Organizational talent.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

BluJay Solutions Raises up to $500 Million New Financing to Drive Accelerated Growth. LevaData to Transform Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement and Supply Chain Leaders. Strong Software Bookings Growth Highlights First Half 2017 Results for JDA. Robinson purchased Milgram & Company Ltd. Convey Closes $8.25

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Procurement professionals have the same question looming over their head on a daily basis: “How do you plan on dealing with digitalization?”. Recently I had the pleasure of attending EBG Network’s 8th Annual Source to Pay Summit, which gathered some of the Nordic’s largest organizations and procurement profiles. around the globe?—?and

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ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Healthcare supply chain GPO, Intalere, deploys an end-to-end Source to Contract solution across its purchasing functions. New York, NY March 30, 2020 – Consus , a leading procurement services provider, today announced that Intalere , a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St. Learn more at www.consus-global.com/.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Check out What Exactly Is Procurement? And What is Purchasing? Kodiak Rating’s CTO was recently in attendance at a Procurement Leaders event held in London, titled DITx?—?Data Hearing the summarization wasn’t much of a shock, but rather an affirmation of the on-going transformation occurring within procurement teams.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 18, 2021

Procurement teams article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks. Procurement is a function that has long been at cross-roads; dare to transform within people, process & technology, or keep doing what has always worked just fine. Procurement practitioners are hard-wired to avoid risk and secure profit/cost gains.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Before the pandemic, supply chain leaders experienced relatively free trade across borders in 2017. In parallel, PE/venture capitalists purchased/consolidated network solutions, slashing R&D and delaying investment, reducing industry capabilities. Procurement was operating in isolation from supply chain.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 10, 2019

Article provided to Supply Chain Game Changer by Katalin Brennan at Eyvo E-Procurement. We’ve all heard of the need for Procurement to embrace the Digital Transformation for many years. There are few procurement-specific personality surveys available. So why are so many organizations still in the beginning of this process?

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ivalua

APRIL 1, 2020

Healthcare supply chain GPO, Intalere, deploys an end-to-end Source to Contract solution across its purchasing functions. New York, NY March 30, 2020 – Consus , a leading procurement services provider, today announced that Intalere, a healthcare supply chain GPO based in St. Learn more at www.consus-global.com/.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

In 2019 Yas Marina Circuit began working with DGrade to find a sustainable solution for plastic water bottles and cups used during the Formula 1 event. Getting the plastic into the recycling bins is not a sustainable solution in itself. DGrade’s Simply Bottles recycling initiative which has been running in the UAE since 2017.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Amazon’s purchase of Kiva Robots changed the landscape of robotics in the supply chain. Furthermore, the speed of operation of robots will increase more than 30 percent by the end of 2017. Clearly, robotics will become more important in 2017 than during any previous year. Technology Will Reshape Procurement Practices.

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EcoVadis

JULY 13, 2018

No matter what industry you operate in, procurement can create immense value — in some sectors, for instance construction, as much as 80 percent of revenue goes into the supply chain. Section 6 of the ISO 20400 also provides organizations with guidelines on sustainable procurement reporting (6.5.2 What Are the Key Benefits?

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

In his 2017 annual shareholder letter , Bezos lauded “divinely discontent” customers as innovation drivers. According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border. billion between 2015 and 2017. Amazon Fulfillment. billion to $21.7

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Check out Procurement: The Spend Aggregation Obstacle Course! Aggregating your procurement spend for the purpose of delivering greater value is a sound objective. We discussed these in greater detail in our post Procurement (Part 1!) – The Spend Aggregation Obstacle Course! Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Diversified Industry Performance For the Period of 2010-2017. The orbit chart in Figure 1, shows the relative rate of improvement at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for the period of 2006-2017. As a B2B company, procurement management is essential. Note the general trend of improvement. Meet Ernest.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 16, 2024

We’ll delve into each challenge and explore potential solutions: 1. Companies may purchase vehicles sized for peak periods, resulting in excess capacity during slow times [1]. Solutions: Electrification: Transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs) significantly reduces tailpipe emissions.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Procurement is at the core of many companies’ efforts to increase green practices. With such strong influence over company operations, purchasing teams have the opportunity to maximize impact. ” For many organizations, green procurement is something of a wouldn’t-it-be-nice idea. Register now.

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EcoVadis

MAY 9, 2018

Direct purchasing by governments and state-owned enterprises accounts for 12 percent of GDP in OECD countries, and in the U.K. Sustainable public procurement can also be beneficial from the economic perspective: It can generate income, reduce costs and promote innovation among domestic producers. National Procurement Standards.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Check out What Exactly Is Procurement? And What is Purchasing? When you run a central Procurement organization you are trying to get the best deal for your company. And Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) are specifically designed to deliver benefits from Spend Aggregation. Procurement people are proud professionals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

A Value-Added Service (VAS) team can provide on-site management, installation, equipment, inventory management (just-in-time deliveries), heating solutions, and testing. They have tens of thousands of items they produce but there are a small number of products they purchase through a global sourcing program.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Check out Procurement – How to Enable Spend Aggregation! When you run a central Procurement organization you are trying to get the best deal for your company. And Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) are specifically designed to deliver benefits from Spend Aggregation. Procurement people are proud professionals.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 13, 2018

Finally, some leading DSNs provide email as a simple onboarding method to digitize an inter-business process without requiring supply chain partners to have any integration software. David Cahn is responsible for directing Elemica’s Product Marketing activities, joining Elemica in August 2017. Sales growth of 3 percent.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Diversified Industry Performance For the Period of 2010-2017. The orbit chart in Figure 1, shows the relative rate of improvement at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin for the period of 2006-2017. As a B2B company, procurement management is essential. Note the general trend of improvement. Meet Ernest.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! But, when my mom was buying a new vehicle, she didn’t decide to scrap the vehicle from 1993 and purchase one from 1995. Procurement is a business function that has undergone a lot of change in the last few years. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

According to OECD and National Health Expenditure data, US healthcare spending per person was approx $10,224 in 2017. In order to this effectively, a strategic sourcing solution is likely required as ERPs typically have limitations here, particularly in collaborating with vendors. Share on Twitter.

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CormSquare

JANUARY 24, 2017

But the question is, what are the other main challenges in procurement being faced today? This survey was done on 324 senior procurement lea ders fr om 33 countries offering a deep insight into current procurement preoccupations. There is plenty to worry about. Cost Reduction. This level is higher than the previous year, 69%.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 22, 2019

Some of the typical complaints I hear from procurement colleagues are the same ones I heard 20 years ago, and it seems as if nothing has changed. “Procurement doesn’t get any respect! I can’t get people in the business to listen to what I want to propose to them, and they don’t show up to my category meetings.”

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

While many technology companies have co-opted the network of networks message, today there is no interoperability between network solutions. The SAP acquisition of Ariba slowed innovation and the purchase, and then the failed promise of investment in Crossgate was disappointing to SAP supply chain business users. Definitional Image.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

The real-time freight visibility space was particularly hot in 2017, with two major acquisitions announced last year, including Descartes’s acquisition of MacroPoint in August 2017. is what drove the first wave of demand for real-time freight visibility solutions.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 6, 2021

In contrast, forecasting provides overall aggregate estimates, such as the total number of purchases next quarter. For example, forecasting might estimate the total number of ice cream cones to be purchased in a certain region, while predictive analytics tells you which individual customers are likely to buy an ice cream cone.”[1]

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

Through digital marketing, small brands are cropping up all over, and it is sentiment analysis and digital content driving purchases. Instead, companies need to build it into digital process redefinition like digital path-to-purchase, digital procurement, digital agriculture, digital manufacturing or digital service.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 7, 2017

As a conference attendee, the discussions of digital transformation for me stretches over the period of 1988-2017. No one makes better software than SAP when they are clear on the business problem. Instead, the solutions need to learn and drive new insights. The Evolution of Engines in Decision Support Software.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 18, 2019

Source: Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2017 Survey. The objective of a capacity planner is to optimize manufacturing or production capacity through process, design, resource procurement, and collaboration with supply chain partners. Purchasing Manager. Sourcing and Purchasing. “I Quality Manager.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

APRIL 4, 2019

Where does Procurement stand in your organization’s Value Chain? I speak with Procurement, Sourcing and Purchasing professionals every day, from various globally functioning organizations, and there’s a resounding similarity in every one of those conversations…. Procurement is?—?still?—?largely Secondary: Procurement ?—?is

Procurement Solutions 71

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 1, 2018

Then, we use these criteria to rank the books, - Practicality: we look closely at how each book can provide basic concepts and strategies of the "Integrated Logistics Functions", namely, customer service, purchasing, production planning, warehousing, and transportation in a clear and concise manner. Best Logistics Books are as below: 1.

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