ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change.

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Logility

JANUARY 26, 2022

Building a sustainable fashion supply chain and improving ESG performance will require a more deliberate approach in 2022. A joint report by the Business of Fashion (BoF) and McKinsey & Company has set off alarm bells that a more deliberate approach is necessary for 2022.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 3, 2022

BOSTON — August 4, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in AI-driven retail and supply chain planning and optimization software, announces it has appointed Jon Purdy as Chief Financial Officer and Joseph Luciano as Chief People Officer.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

In business conversations, the term supply chain excellence rolls off the tongue frequently in meetings, but what does it mean? Supply chain excellence is harder to define than to say. We designed the Supply Chains to Admire Methodology to help companies define supply chain excellence.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2022

2] As a result, experts have, for years, encouraged businesses to transform into digital enterprises and employ digital supply chains. But in an increasingly digital world, extending beyond enterprise boundaries from sourcing to customer engagement is now essential to achieve sustained competitive advantage.”[3].

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 4, 2022

A large multinational is undergoing an impressive supply chain transformation that will run through 2023. A Complex Supply Chain. Not surprisingly a company this big, delivering different solutions to a variety of industries, has a complex supply chain. But even multi-sourcing is not enough.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain Risk Management is a Cirque Du Soleil Calibre Act! In today’s world, supply chains are more important than ever. That’s where supply chain risk management software comes in. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Manufacturing.

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QAD

APRIL 13, 2023

While Contract Pharma & BioPharma manufacturers continue to experience an increase in demand for more projects, new challenges are emerging from nearly every angle including new regulatory and quality requirements, workforce shortages and of course, supply chain disruptions.

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ivalua

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Yet despite the availability of new platforms and analytics tools, supply chain risk management strategies remain in their infancy post-pandemic. The study also found that suppliers will be vital for successfully ensuring supply continuity.

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EC Sourcing Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Why You Should Choose Companies with Green Supply Chains. There is no denying that companies with green supply chains are becoming more and more the norm. A green supply chain reduces the harm that may occur at any stage of the procurement cycle—production, purchasing, logistics, material management, or distribution.

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Logility

MARCH 21, 2023

According to Deloitte’s Q4 2022 CFO Signals survey , only 29% of CFOs believe now is a good time to take on greater risk, which lags far behind a two-year average of approximately 50%. Integrating all corners of business planning Finance and supply chain organizations can seem worlds apart, even though they are on the same continent.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply chains shift and evolve continually. A best practice supply chain management process today looks very different from even a few short years ago–each of the elements of supply chain management must be agile and adaptable to changing environmental, logistical, and sector-specific conditions.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation.

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Logility

JANUARY 4, 2022

4, 2022 – Logility, Inc., a leader in supply chain innovation powering the sustainable and resilient enterprise, today announced a partnership with Planalytics, Inc. 4, 2022 – Logility, Inc., Planalytics’ weather-driven demand analytics help businesses stay ahead of never-ending sales variability. ATLANTA – Jan.

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QAD

MARCH 9, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in supply chains around the world and the dust has never settled. Positive cases have been on a downward trend but supply chain disruption shows no sign of slowing down. How Have Global Supply Chains Changed Since the Pandemic?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Let’s consider these top factors affecting the trucking market, their implications on supply chains and how they are driving change within the industry. . High freight volumes across all industries in the trucking market are expected to continue into 2022.? to avoid significant supply chain disruption.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Amid a tumultuous period, supply chains are even more under scrutiny following the global climate change conference in Glasgow. AIMMS Network Design provides functionality that helps supply chain teams model carbon emissions and other non-financial metrics like water consumption and carbon equivalents.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we highlight published September 2022 indices of global supply chain volatility ( GSPI ) and US Logistics Index ( LMI ) activity trends along with our view of the implications. The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0

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ShipBob

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

By monitoring particular metrics over time across your online sales, in-store sales, and operations, you’ll gain quantitative insights into your business performance. A retail KPI (or “Key Performance Indicator”) refers to a quantifiable metric used to measure how a retail business is performing. Why are retail metrics important?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 21, 2022

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Supply Chain’s Moment of Truth Has Arrived! A solid supply chain and logistics strategy is essential for large companies. Logistics plays a critical role in a company’s supply chain. Metrics help to prioritize activities and improve processes.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In this Supply Chain Matters editorial commentary this Editor dwells on data relative to U.S. corporations having actually accelerated stock buyback efforts contrasted to ongoing investment needs for supply chain transformation focused on added agility, more improved resilience and augmented technology support.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 14, 2023

Logistics Procurement – Performance Management by LSCMS Shippers’ Council Shortly after the outset of COVID, in early 2020, supply chains have been disrupted across the globe. Freight procurement is the mainstay of any supply chain professional but price is not the be-all and end-all.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

In an ecommerce business, supply chain performance is one of the key factors affecting the performance of the business as a whole. If the supply chain isn’t moving as seamlessly as it should, it could cause disruptions further down the line, and even result in delivery delays and customer disappointment.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 8, 2022

Supply Chain Matters highlights two additional indices of global and US supply chain volatility relative to July 2022 global supply chain activity levels. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index. Warehousing and Inventory metrics continue to buoy the logistics sector.

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QAD

JULY 7, 2022

Can you identify all your suppliers in the supply chain? A recent Quality Digest article suggested that “ethical supply chain management is being fueled by consumer demand, profitability, and visibility. The concept of ethical sourcing has risen in popularity during the past four years.” . Let’s break it down.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues to highlight for readers specific global and regional supply chain indices that depict both trending production activity levels, as well as supply chain volatility. Newly published indices reflecting global supply chain volatility and U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 24, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of B2B, and ERP Cloud based software provider SAP SE’s formal reporting of Q4 and fiscal full year 2023 financial performance. SAP CEO Christien Klein noted in the company’s reporting that: “ SAP has delivered: We met or exceeded our outlook for 2023 in all key metrics.”

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Synovos

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Most MRO procurement teams now use eProcurement systems, according to the 2022 Indirect Procurement Report produced by RS and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS). Procurement software can automate many of the tedious processes employees have to slog through on a daily basis,” they continued.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

However, this mature team found the technology insufficient. In 2022, I frequently ask companies to draw their river of demand. Despite the deployment of what is considered to be the most mature technologies by the organization, the most important processes–allocation and Available to Promise (ATP)–are largely manual.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. billion profitability performance during 2022. As echoed in Maersk ’s latest acknowledgement, the disruption is not of the magnitude of 2021-2022 global wide disruptions.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 22, 2023

We’ve entered an AI era where 76% of work can be augmented or automated. However, only 3% of companies apply automated execution and 7% autonomous end to end planning. It will describe more of a new business model/approach, adaptions to the realities of todays world, using the possibilities of todays technology.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 20, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights a revealing survey published this week regarding viewpoints relative to business sustainability and ESG actions which reflect both a call to action and a perspective of advanced technology enablement. . Added Supply Chain Matters Perspectives. Background.

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Arena Solutions

APRIL 4, 2023

The global manufacturing sector has seen an upswing, a technological renaissance of sorts. The global cobot market size is estimated to be worth $866 million in 2022 and is forecasted to a readjusted size of $1682 million by 2028. Supply chain insourcing Supply chain disruption seems to be a permanent condition.

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Supply Chain Opz

JANUARY 3, 2022

The Supply Chain Revolution: Innovative Sourcing and Logistics for a Fiercely Competitive World Pros: This book will show you how to plan and execute sourcing strategies like the world's leading companies. Cons: It focuses heavily on sourcing or purchasing which is one function under integrated logistics management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The multinational’s goal is to achieve net zero GHG emissions across their value chain by 2040. PepsiCo’s Internal Supply Chain. PepsiCo has an enormous and complex supply chain. 294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021.

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QAD

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Improving collaboration and sharing additional information with suppliers is imperative in order to make sure that your supply chain is resilient , a word that has been incorporated as a top item in many business agendas. Am I contributing to society by buying an environmentally sourced and produced product to have a greener planet?

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o9 Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

After testing outside-in supply chain planning concepts via Project Zebra, LKQ Europe realized a 17.3% Co-founded by o9 and Supply Chain Insights, Project Zebra is an open-source industry effort to define and activate outside-in processes to prove the value of outside-in supply chain planning processes.

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