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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

Logistics Viewpoints

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization. Alex Zhong, Director Product Marketing at GEP.

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New Student Projects Suggest Greater Focus on Analytics

Supply Chain View from the Field

John Deere (2) – Life Cycle Cost Benchmarking – The team will benchmark industry leaders to document and define best practices for measuring direct material cost over the lifecycle of a product. The team will benchmark industry leaders to document and define best practices for measuring total acquisition cost. .

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The WSJ Drucker Management 250 List: NC State’s Input into the Ratings

NC State SCRC

Based on several iterations of discussions, reviews of metrics, and benchmarking, the team settled on a system for assessing two important indications of supply chain performance. All indicators were judged against the following criteria: • They needed to be rigorously developed based on sound statistical methods.