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How Can You Improve Value in Your Supply Chain?

Supply Chain Shaman

Each supply chain planning technology at the end of 2024, went through disruption–change in CEO, business model shift, layoffs, re-platforming and acquisitions. To build an outside-in model, and use new forms of analytics, we must start the discussion with the question of, “what drives value?”

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Strategic Sourcing + Smart Solutions: The Unbeatable Duo for Procurement Success

SCMDOJO

Strategic sourcing and innovative solutions are often viewed as two distinct procurement tools, but they should not be seen in isolation. Think of them as apples and gearseach essential and effective on its own, yet when combined; they create a formidable mechanism for achieving procurement excellence.

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Top 12 Most-Read Supply Chain Articles Of SCMDOJO 2024

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Dive into our curated list of the top 12 blogs from 2024 that will elevate your supply chain knowledge and give you a competitive edge. Decoding the Procurement Department: A Comprehensive Guide to Roles and Responsibilities This supply chain article provides a comprehensive overview of the procurement department within an organization.

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Reinventing Supply Chains: Focus on Human Factors

Supply Chain Shaman

In May, the total number of job cuts in the US were 696,309 – an increase of 80% from the 385,859 jobs cut in the first five months of 2024. In May 2025, one in seven home-purchase agreements fell through resulting in the cancellation of 56,000 purchase contracts. The ripple effects are pervasive. Watch for the launch.

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The Supply Chain Merry-Go-Around

Supply Chain Shaman

The latest round was $10M on January 11, 2024. Aptean is orchestrating the Blue Yonder/E2open/Infor playbook of buying undervalued assets and milking the maintenance and Software-as-a-Service contracts with existing customers. following the reporting of fourth-quarter results. Renames the Company Daybreak. Manhattan Associates.

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

In addition, the Council will conduct a supply chain review by December 31, 2024, to evaluate the impact of the supply chain on National Security Lora’s Take I think that we need to be skeptical without getting political. Maximize the value of the purchase order flow data already in the existing networks. (A

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5 Trends Changing Supply Chains for the Better in 2024

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However, this year promises a significant paradigm shift where traditional performance metrics are replaced by technology-driven frameworks, as recent breakthroughs with Generative AI in supply chains have demonstrated. Enter our list of supply chain trends for 2024. The same holds for the supply chain organization.