Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The fall ritual precedes the dropping of the ball on Times Square to ring in 2020. Let’s take an example. Examples include first pass yield, schedule adherence, hands-free orders, orders shipped complete, and minimization of waste. Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 30, 2022

The report was published in the last month, and reflects some of the increasing challenges and disparities that exist between procurement and supply chain executives. One of the problems that often emerges in organizations is not only misalignment between procurement and supply chain, but also between senior executives and their managers.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 6, 2023

ToolsGroup has a long history of innovating with our customers in mind. The Women in Supply Chain award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network. Read the Polaris customer story here.

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ivalua

APRIL 23, 2020

Like every industry Procurement & Supply Chain software vendors are having to find new approaches in the pandemic world, and firms are coming up with ways of holding events virtually, some of which work better than others. Ivalua’s events have been consistently strong for several years now.

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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

JUNE 9, 2023

With the rise of logistics and procurement constraints, an analysis of only manufacturing does not yield a feasible plan. MRP Alone Is Not Sufficient for Procurement. Procurement planning inside of lead time is not sufficient. Procurement planning inside of lead time is not sufficient. I count 30-35 gaps. Metaphors help.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A consolidation wave continued with 299 Mergers and Acquisitions in 2020. As I look at the financials, I question what the value could be if we got serious about innovation through new forms of analytics. For a gal like me, innovation is painfully slow. Companies are hanging their hats on marketing buzzwords, not innovation.

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HICX Solutions

MARCH 10, 2023

What did exist was Procurement, a function that did worked with all suppliers, albeit in one area: transactions. So, management ended the search and tasked Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) with this added job. Procurement soon learnt however that plugging these tools into established software (P2P and S2P suites) doesn’t work.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

in the first half of 2020 due to the explosion in global demand and broken supply chains have highlighted the key role suppliers play, as well as the critical need for effective supplier relationship management. More than one Procurement department has learned this the hard way. To whom will they offer their latest innovation?

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ivalua

MARCH 11, 2020

As we prepare to mark International Women’s Day (Wednesday, March 8th), we reached into our network of impressive female procurement executives, consultants, and thought leaders. Procurement = Impact. There are no boundaries to the value procurement can deliver.”. Why we LOVE procurement. Simrit Sandhu. Sylvie NOËL.

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ivalua

MARCH 16, 2021

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed in late 2020 by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity. Why is visibility so important?

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ivalua

JUNE 1, 2022

Sajid Kunnummal, Vice President and CPO at Navistar, was interviewed by Philip Ideson from Art of Procurement to discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Procurement. When the crisis hit, Procurement as a function was suddenly in the hot seat, and it became the driving force for business continuity.

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold earlier in 2020, supply chain has become a household word. Insiders joke (quite fairly, as it turns out) about billion-dollar procurement-management-disposition cycles that are managed in spreadsheets. In the procurement space, what I want to be able to assess is risk management.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

A consolidation wave continued with 299 Mergers and Acquisitions in 2020. As I look at the financials, I question what the value could be if we got serious about innovation through new forms of analytics. For a gal like me, innovation is painfully slow. Companies are hanging their hats on marketing buzzwords, not innovation.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 18, 2017

Let’s take another look at how procurement, computing power, industry 4.0, cyber security, advanced robotics and automation became top priorities for research, development, and implementation throughout the past year’s operations in the manufacturing industry. . Procurement Operations Became Decentralized and Adaptable.

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Jaggaer

MAY 12, 2020

In five to ten years, procurement in many of the world’s leading companies will be “truly digital”. They will have succeeded in transforming their procurement organizations to leverage artificial intelligence-based technologies to achieve autonomous procurement. Autonomous Procurement: The Reality versus the Hype.

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Taulia

JANUARY 19, 2021

In the last 12 months, procurement teams have evolved rapidly while adapting to the new landscape. While every company will have its own complexities and procurement challenges, the following actions may help address supply chain risk: Segment the supplier base to identify which suppliers are most essential to the business.

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HICX Solutions

MAY 13, 2021

Amy and Costas discuss the following major advantages of putting supplier experience at the forefront: It enables better management of collaboration with suppliers It drives higher rates of innovation with suppliers It allows for information sharing with suppliers and working together on action plans. 2020 – The year of ‘supplier data’.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 28, 2022

There will be unique challenges public procurement teams will need to address to ensure the bill delivers on its full promise. Chief among these challenges is the need to modernize procurement processes and tools. . Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Transformation Story (Real Example).

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Requis

JANUARY 9, 2020

It’s no secret that B to C organizations are the leaders in supply chain innovation, and B to B is playing catch up. Here are the supply chain trends that we see shaping the conversation, and the actual evolution, of B to B in 2020. This example could apply to any collection of physical equipment, like a drilling rig or a refinery.

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SupplyOn

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Therefore, the AGRITECH Supplier Summit 2020 had set itself the goal of showing and discussing successful solutions. Tomasevic, Chief Procurement Officer of the AGCO Group. Around 200 participants attended the event in Augsburg, which was initiated by the Berlin Institute of Supply Chain Management and hosted by AGCO.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 19, 2022

This article was originally written and published for DHL in January 2020 and focused on the trade wars and how to leverage opportunities for tariff reductions. Restructuring business development models may occur in other ways, but the focus should be on solutions that entail innovative, non-traditional measures.

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ivalua

APRIL 8, 2021

Procurement has remained an afterthought at most organizations when the topic shifts to growing revenue. Innovative procurement leaders are positioning the function to be a driver of growth and thereby further elevating the function’s status. And they require a level of innovative thinking. Fortunately, that is changing.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 21, 2023

Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS) Examples Across Industries Retail Industry Retailers leverage third-party service providers, external manufacturing systems (EMS), and supply chain IT services (RFID, IoT, barcoding, etc.), Procurement outsourcing helps the company secure aggregate demand for multiple customers at the lowest price.

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HICX Solutions

JANUARY 27, 2022

The turbulent events of 2020 and 2021 have brought the world to a virtual standstill and with it a realization of just how dependent organizations are on their supplier communities. There is the possibility of utilizing it to drive innovation management. What Are the Benefits of Supplier Relationship Management?

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Industries carried on average 32 days more inventory in 2020 than in 2007. (I The industry considers the company a leader, but I know the dark side that internally, the IT processes squash innovation. Why do we have 32 days more inventory by company in 2020 than in 2007? I give you this evidence in this blog.). Mistake #5.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 30, 2019

Here are some examples: Disruption. For example, Friday, I spent an hour on the phone with Bonvoy (the new Marriott branding) to get disconnected three times. When the recession of 2019-2020 happens, the whiplash will be higher than the 2007 recession. Innovators need to define business cases. My forecast? I like change.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in April 2021, Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain , I mentioned that we will continue to explore here the concrete steps in the digital journey and examples of determination from the top in addition to logistics operations. The payoff is well worth it.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 20, 2020

Some things seem destined to go together; for example, a wink & a smile; bed & breakfast; cookies & milk; and fish & chips. This technology is rated ahead of other innovations like the Internet of Things (31%) and blockchain (24%).”[4] ” Fretty reports, however, things are moving in the right direction. .”[5]

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Enterra Insights

MAY 7, 2021

The editorial staff at IEEE Innovation at Work notes, “The supply chain industry is filled with obstacles, particularly when it comes to the logistics of getting goods and materials from one place to another. Footnotes [1] Staff, “ Three Major Ways Blockchain Can Boost Supply Chains ,” IEEE Innovation at Work, April 2021. [2]

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

CEVA Logistics actively reaches out to support social innovations and engage local communities. In Malaysia, CEVA Logistics worked closely with L’Oréal , a major producer of luxury and consumer products, to develop a social initiative of providing jobs for the hearing impaired at our warehouse since June 2020.

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Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

This post is part of a , series of posts that aims to shed light on the many new and innovative freight tech solutions that empower freight brokers to transform digitally. And in the example of invoices, the unwieldy process of cross-referencing and auditing means that fraud in the logistics business is all too common.

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HICX Solutions

MAY 5, 2021

Amy and Costas discuss the following major advantages of putting supplier experience at the forefront: It enables better management of collaboration with suppliers It drives higher rates of innovation with suppliers It allows for information sharing with suppliers and working together on action plans. 2020 – The year of ‘supplier data’.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Food service leader digitizes procurement to drive efficiency, transparency and effective supplier management as it accelerates global expansion. JFC leverages only best-in-class processes and technologies, with its full operational procurement system used over the years to support its rapidly growing store network in the Philippines.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

For example, the ingredients used in products today are different from those in the past. This puts pressure on the brand manufacturer to be creative and innovative to keep the consumer loyal to the branded products. It is an interesting concept that shows innovation to sell more products and stay ahead of the competition.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Some procurement professionals can quickly identify their key, or champion, supplier partners. Listed as a top key finding in a 2020 WBR Insights report it was found that, “The top concern for procurement professionals is making buying decisions without the necessary insight” (WBR Insights 2020).

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Resilinc

JUNE 21, 2023

1 Flow: How the Best Supply Chains Thrive (2022) When supply chains don’t flow—like in 2020 during the pandemic—problems occur, such as shortages, medical emergencies, and economic shutdowns. A must-read for business leaders.

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