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Bristlecone Flash – May 2020

Bristlecone

SAP ARIBA: Bristlecone Industry-Specific Tactical Sourcing (BITS) – Introduces industry best practices into tactical sourcing, accelerates SAP Ariba Guided Buying deployment and adoption, and enhances user experience. Procurement Center of Excellence creation for discrete manufacturer. Middle East and North Africa. Asia-Pacific.

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

” Corporations serve international markets, and the source of rare minerals (so critical for the evolution of the green supply chain) is primarily Asia. Yet, few are willing to raise their hands and admit that current demand planning processes of forecasting based on order or shipments do not work. My response is “Hogwash.”

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Richard Markoff: “Don’t be too rigid in what we define”

Supply Chain Movement

What is the strategy of the Company (or Division/Supply Chain): Operational Excellence, Product Leadership or Customer Intimacy? We know these consumers will come from emerging markets in Asia, Eastern Europe and Russia, Africa and Latin America. We always put the customer first and foremost. For example, there are 8.5

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Biden’s Executive Order on Supply Chain Vulnerabilities: A Reality Check…

NC State SCRC

Comparative advantage is also the reason why 90 percent of the world’s supply of PPE, electronics, apparel, and manufactured goods are manufactured in China and SE Asia. What venture capitalist is going to invest in a factory producing goods at a higher cost than what they can be bought for in Asia? That’s the way it would work.” [2].