SCMDOJO

MARCH 24, 2025

Introduction Gardner, (1954) and Huntzinger, (2007) define Purchase price variance (PPV) as a metric used to measure the effectiveness of cost-saving efforts by calculating the difference between the planned cost (standard pricing) allocated for purchasing activities and the actual cost incurred.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 7, 2025

Still Foggy at the Top – What the New Logistics Report Means for the Rest of Us For all the hope around trucking bouncing back, the new CSCMP “State of Logistics Report” just affirmed what most small carriers already feel: Things are still off. Get real with your costs: Don’t expect market rates to do the work for you.

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BlueYonder

MAY 19, 2025

There are just 4 million EVs in all of America but Chinese car buyers are purchasing a million EVs every month. Mercedes-Benz is repurposing unused capacity at its Vance, Alabama, plant (currently producing EQE and EQS EVs) to build the GLC. And the costs are high. Its impossible to predict the future. While the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 5, 2016

When a business, or other organization, purchases equipment, parts, or remanufactured equipment it is an investment. Monitor the speed and efficiency of every step of the manufacturing process to identify and resolve bottlenecks. Increased velocity. Increased service market share. Higher achievement of sustainability goals.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Effectively, there is no database that permits reliable reporting on the volume of biobased products sold in the US or exported for global consumers. As an example, Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) encompasses a variety of chemical manufacturing codes including petrochemicals (3251), but none for biobased chemicals.

Manufacturing Procurement 68

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Speaking at a recent event in Las Vegas, Patton said, “ This business model is hurting to a degree where my company individually has to see change from FedEx Ground,” according to reporting from SupplyChainDive. SupplyChainDive, in their recent analysis of a 2022 study by logistics provider Descartes, reported that, “ U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2022

The Danish manufacturer saw sales begin to surge as consumers gravitated towards their building sets, which come in a variety of shapes, sizes, difficulties, and characters. The new spoke sites will be located in Austin and San Antonio, Texas, and Birmingham, Alabama. For these people, the switch will have them looking elsewhere.

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