Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Yesterday I attended an MBA panel discussion I thought provided some excellent insights into what corporate recruiters (the market) are looking for from our graduates (our product). The companies represented on the panel were Advanced Auto Parts (who recently purchased Carquest), Amazon, Caterpillar and Patheon. .

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Prediction 1 – Spend Analytics Will Become More Predictive (Not Backward Looking). In one company, the analytical team explored the relationship between economic activity, consumer demand, and demand for their products. For example, do we have the information on when we are buying energy – during peak hours or not?

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 12, 2016

He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh. This was a lot of planning, a lot of analytics, and a lot of work. In 2013 we had $8M of raw material inventory – due to poor purchasing, poor safety stock decisions, and a lot of WIP in the system. Today, we are at 5.5M

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