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How Oshkosh is Building Durability and Transparency into a Stronger Supply Chain

Exiger Perspectives

In general, communications and data organization were highly unstructured ; there was no way for their supply partners to interact with the data in a live, responsive way. Attributes for over 40,000 detail parts and assemblies were normalized and loaded into SDX , a proprietary multi-tier supply chain platform.

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7 Steps to Product Procurement Pricing that Suppliers Can Support

MIT Supply Chain

A new tool enables procurers to negotiate product prices without bargaining away supplier goodwill. When bargaining with suppliers over a product price, how can procurement professionals secure the best deal without damaging a valued relationship by being overly aggressive? Fair deal. Identify the sub-parts.

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Commodities Used in Electric Car Batteries: An Update on Lithium and Nickel

Resilinc

This transformation has triggered a substantial price surge, with nickel prices tripling since 2016 , underscoring supply constraints amid the accelerating adoption of electric cars. Manganese is a brittle, silvery metal mainly used in alloys, such as steel. What is Cobalt? What is Manganese? billion in 2022.

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IDC Report: Industry Trends and Why a Demand-Driven Organization is Critical

Alloy

IDC Study: Industry Trends and Why a Demand-Driven Organization is Critical Alloy recently commissioned IDC for a Market Spotlight on the future direction of consumer goods companies, which you can read here. Thus, the supply chain becomes a “critical competitive weapon,” according to the report.

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Tile’s CEO on navigating the pain points of modern supply and demand

Alloy

Last month, Tile CEO and Alloy Board Member CJ Prober led an Alloy Executive Roundtable discussion on managing supply and demand in today’s retail landscape. We were honored to have him join us and share his perspective on modern obstacles and innovative solutions for manufacturers. GoPro was a category leader?—?they

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Transforming Global Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Many pundits insist that anyone who believes the global supply chain is going to return to normal is suffering from this form of insanity. ”[1] Noted supply chain expert Lora Cecere ( @lcecere ), founder of Supply Chain Insights, put it another way. .”[1] … What can we learn? ”[2].

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How Youth to the People uses Alloy

Alloy

keeping up with fast changing consumer demand, where a social media influencer can turn a product “hot” very quickly, and standing out in a crowded environment, where the salespeople in the store often have a major impact on purchase decisions. These challenges are some of the reasons Youth to the People turned to Alloy.

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