ivalua

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Herculean efforts by Procurement and Supply Chain departments to keep supplies flowing have prevented even more extreme disruptions than what we’ve experienced, but have inadvertently created additional risks. . Taking a category view often means little more than ensuring alternate sources are available. Few knew until impacted.

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ivalua

JUNE 16, 2021

Trade disruptions with China caused a 15-20% shortage of packaging materials for food and beverage producers, as well as a scarcity of solar panels, batteries and PPE. Such tools help procurement teams predict disruptions, assess risk, and make informed decisions to mitigate the impact of supply chain disruptions. Opportunity Awaits.

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ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

The effective shutdown of industrial activity in Wuhan, China — ground zero for the virus – presented particularly difficult problems for manufacturing firms worldwide, many of which had come to depend on materials, components and finished goods made in China. A renewed outbreak somewhere else in China, then we are back to square one.…

Supply Chain Design Software 130

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Requis

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Manufacturing sites have been rationalized in terms of, “we don’t need five factories in this country, we only need three, then two, then we don’t need them at all, we’ll move them to China”. Sourcing has probably been the biggest thing over the last decade or two, coupled with that reduction in local manufacturing of course.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. For more than a year, global supply chains have been buffeted by one major disruption after another. The impact?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

My first focus was on China sourcing. China was the source of over 90% of PPE.) This cross-functional group (sales, procurement, manufacturing, and distribution) is an operational team to manage the day-to-day issues and exceptions in the supply chain. The shutdown was quicker than is possible with the restart.

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QAD

AUGUST 16, 2022

Even as industries start to recover from the effects of the pandemic, significant issues remain: Ongoing work stoppages in China due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Supplier visibility provides analytics and insights to inform your strategy. It’s exhausting for supply chain leaders. Potential U.S.

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HICX Solutions

JUNE 12, 2023

In this episode of the Supplier Experience Live podcast, we spoke with Yash Rai , Vice President, Procurement and Supply Chain Solutions at The Smart Cube. Yash has over 14 years of experience working in the procurement domain. He continues, “I think this is where the opportunity for best-of-breed tools and technology comes into play.

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DynaSys

MARCH 17, 2020

When we left our account of mid-market manufacturer Superior Thermodynamics (ST), the company was weathering a tremendous escalation of the US-China trade war and faced the following questions: . How can ST maintain service levels and therefore retain accounts? How can ST maintain necessary cash flow? Scenario Planning: Absolutely Critical.

Supply Chain Planning Software 93

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Gravity Supply Chain

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Sourcing: Mitigate risk during periods of supply chain disruption, such as those caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, by using digital technology. . The post Sourcing – What You Need To Know About Coronavirus Supply Chain Disruption appeared first on Gravity Supply Chain.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Of added concern, the three largest global economies ( Europe, United States, China ) are expected to stall. Some regions, particularly Europe, China and Taiwan are more exposed to these product demand constrained forces. As an example, in November 2022, China ’s exports and imports declined at their steepest rates in over two years.

Supply Chain Software 52

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Do you currently work primarily with Life Sciences clients at Resilinc? I have nearly 30 years of experience as a global procurement and supply chain leader in High-Tech and Life Sciences. Before, these companies did not have robust analytical solutions for creating visibility and managing suppliers.

Pharmaceutical 53

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Logility

OCTOBER 6, 2021

For fashion companies, for example, supply chain traceability solutions document the chain of custody of your goods and inputs from the cotton source to the importer of record. You can also use this data to ensure you are compliant with legislation that prohibits importing from certain parts of China or other areas of the world.

Optimal Sourcing 130

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TransAudit

JUNE 27, 2023

It advances digitization efforts, facilitates data cleaning, and streamlines supply chain planning, procurement, and execution. Moreover, machine learning can identify upstream delays, enabling contingency planning or alternative sourcing, and help lower storage costs. Europe, China, and Singapore.

Optimal Sourcing 69

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LevaData

JANUARY 23, 2020

China: Tariffs aside, there are other growing concerns amongst companies whose supply chains run through China. China has shown itself more than willing to retaliate both politically and economically when challenged. Risk management will evolve into a core strategic sourcing discipline.

Predictive Analytics Software 52

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Resilinc

JANUARY 31, 2023

Launched in 2020, CommodityWatch AI uses real-time news and event monitoring and predictive analytics to forecast supply, demand, and pricing trends out to three months for commodities including but not limited: gold, silver, aluminum, copper, caustic soda, cobalt, helium, paper, and tin.

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Pivot88

APRIL 17, 2017

For many years, many strategic sourcing and procurement professionals have been using the cost reduction playbook as a guide for all of their sourcing and procurement activities. THE GAME CHANGER…VALUE PROCUREMENT. Procurement officers are under pressure to deliver value added performance.

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TransAudit

JULY 6, 2023

It advances digitization efforts, facilitates data cleaning, and streamlines supply chain planning, procurement, and execution. Moreover, machine learning can identify upstream delays, enabling contingency planning or alternative sourcing, and help lower storage costs. Europe, China, and Singapore.

Optimal Sourcing 52

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 11, 2023

The software was rearchitected to serve cross-functional users part of solution suites or as an adjunct to other planning, materials sourcing, inventory management or analysis of overall supply chain optimization processes. . Added Importance.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Revisit your sourcing arrangements with suppliers, especially with a view to geographic location.

Supply Chain Planning Software 111

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Founded in 2015, the Sayari platform integrates global corporate and supply chain data to surface risk insights for investigations, analytics, and supply chain risk management.

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BlueYonder

DECEMBER 14, 2023

China, Ukraine, Middle East), high interest rates, concerns about recession, etc. At this same time, TMT companies are one of the major contributors to Scope 3 emissions through the goods and services procured through their extended value chains.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Advanced Analytics Continue to Get a Bigger Plate at the Manufacturing Dinner Table. Advanced analytics will be further involved in everyday manufacturing operations. These few areas of the application of advanced analytics are some of the applications by manufacturers. Forecasting Demand. Increasing Equipment Uptime.

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ShipBob

APRIL 26, 2023

It involves all the activities related to the sourcing and transportation of raw materials needed in the manufacturing process. Since the majority of raw materials were imported from China, which was the first to be impacted by the pandemic, there was a long and massive disruption in transportation links and raw materials supply.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 3, 2023

Access to Economies of Scale By outsourcing manufacturing, logistics, or other supply chain support activities such as procurement , your company may access the economies of scale enjoyed and passed on by specialist service providers. Your organisation may be one of many that a contract partner serves.

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DynaSys

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Earlier, production issues in China caused global shortages of antibiotics and other pharma products. Understand their sources of income. Start leveraging your planning capabilities with state-of-the-industry advanced analytics and data visualization. From Descriptive to Predictive to Prescriptive Analytics.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 27, 2013

For example, I interviewed Fran O’Sullivan, from IBM, on how to organize to win with new forms of analytics. They are free to all through many sources: Feedburner , iTunes , or right here on our site. We have completed five podcasts this week and have a lineup of fifteen more in the queue.

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SCMDOJO

MAY 13, 2022

The hardest hit by the increase in rollovers were the Indian subcontinent and China. The rollover rate in the Indian subcontinent was up from 24% in 2021 to 42% in 2022, whereas the rollover rate in China reached 36% in 2022, compared to 26% last year. Source: project44 Monthly report.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Varieties of produce and livestock can be sourced from anywhere in the world; mangoes harvested in the Philippines could be sold in the US, or rice grown in China may be packaged in Vietnam and sold in different countries in the UK. Specialized handling and packaging are also necessary for a lot of fresh products.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 9, 2023

and China supply networks for deemed essential products to fuel future economic growth. The is especially pertinent in the zeal toward lowest cost supply chain sourcing decisions, regardless of broader business and ESG risks. At this same time, geo-political risks have clearly escalated.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 10, 2022

Highlights included highlights of the project44 acquisition of Ocean Insights , the planned IPO of autonomous trucking tech firm TuSimple , the $150 million added funding round of Locus Robotics , and the coming together of two supply chain risk assessment firms Resilience360 and Risk Pulse under the rebranded name of Everstream Analytics.

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Requis

MAY 22, 2020

He is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and US federal agencies, and a speaker with focus on the fields of strategic sourcing, supply market intelligence, and supplier development. Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. Almost all the student projects were related to analytics.

Data 52

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 12, 2022

As supply chain disruptions continue the procurement function should adapt to improve transparency, build collaborative relationships, and ensure sustainable sourcing practices, resulting in a stronger, more resilient supply chain with Cloud ERP for manufacturing. Strategic sourcing with Cloud ERP.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 21, 2023

This report contains 10 detailed predictions related to what businesses and their supply chain management, procurement, and product management teams can expect in the coming year. In a prior five-part series of commentaries hosted on Supply Chain Matters , we have provided snapshots of five of our ten predictions for 2023.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Like her book, Bricks Matter which advocates predictive analytics). wsjlogistics.

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Savant Events

MARCH 29, 2019

This happens on two different levels: first of all, the world as a whole is more uncertain than before, trade discussions between the USA and China, Brexit and unpredictable political situations that companies have to cope with without really knowing what’s going to happen.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Abstract Technologies such as Social networking, mobile, analytics and cloud computing have been shaking the IT industry for past several years. Ironically, facebook is blocked in China.

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