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The Secret Sauce with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark McEntire is the Senior Vice President of Operations at Emerge , a freight technology firm that is reinventing freight procurement. Transforming the $800 billion trucking industry, Emerge empowers meaningful logistics relationships through its award-winning Freight Procurement Platform. Key Takeaways: The Secret Sauce.

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New YouTube on Procurement Analytics from IBM Empower Conference

NC State SCRC

These trends are based in large part on the findings of our recent CAPS Study (completed in conjunction with Tom Choi at Arizona State), which is forthcoming in the next few week… Procurement’s shifting focus: Growing strategic value through the use of analytics: https://youtu.be/HNQ07ME87nc. HNQ07ME87nc. HNQ07ME87nc.

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Notes from ProcureCon Indirect West at the Wigwam in Phoenix Arizona

Supply Chain View from the Field

I was amazed at the speed and convenience of the technical solutions emerging in the procurement area, based on the discussions I had with the individuals present. the challenges involve ensuring data is entered correctly and also can be used to drive insight through better spend analytics, contract accessibility, and supplier scorecards.

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Happy Labor Day! Insights on Building Supply Chain Talent

Supply Chain Shaman

Before I started doing this research, I believed procurement and manufacturing were aligned. While this is the case in 50% of the organizations, there are many organizations with large alignment gaps between finance/operations and procurement/manufacturing. Analytics Techniques for Supply Chain 2030. I was wrong.

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Improvement is based on the work that we completed with an Arizona State University Operations Research team to determine the Supply Chain Index. There are three reasons why: Vertical excellence—having the best manufacturing, procurement or transportation function—has not worked. ” Yes, I said. Outside-in Processes.

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Applying the Laws of Forecasting to Predictive Analytics

NC State SCRC

I had a chance to meet with my good friend Tom Choi from Arizona State University a couple of weeks ago. We had a chance to catch up on a great number of things, but one that sticks in my mind is the discussion on predictive analytics and forecasting.

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Ivalua Selected by State of Maryland to Power ‘eMaryland Marketplace Advantage’ e-procurement system

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Ivalua builds momentum as technology platform of choice for public sector procurement. eMaryland Marketplace Advantage is a technologically advanced electronic procurement system designed to make state procurement and business processes more efficient, transparent, secure, and user friendly for all stakeholders.

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