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Innovative Approaches to Supply Chain Risk

Kinaxis

A few hours later, your procurement head walks in the office. “We This scenario played out for thousands of companies after the Japan earthquake, the Thailand floods and numerous other smaller scale disasters. Analytics and mapping is available but many companies are not at the level of maturity to leverage these. Think again.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Some of the others countries who helped us in this time of grave crisis included Bhutan, Ireland, Romania , Portugal, Hong Kong and Thailand. HLL is acting as a nodal agency of Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry in the procurement and distribution of medicines and medical equipment.

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How Cloud ERP can assist manufacturers with their procurement function

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

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. However, as teams become remote manual procurement has hampered operations.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Sourcing is now predominantly overseas: China is one of the big sourcing countries of course, along with India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. Because one of the major costs in a business, if you take in procurement and cost of goods, is supply chain. They’re loading programs and using analytical tools in house.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Development of analytical and network design skills within the company’s supply chain teams. Procurement costs. There is also the question of ethical procurement and purchasing to consider. . Ethical Procurement and Corporate Responsibility. Inventory and storage costs. Waste in the supply chain. Poor forecast accuracy.

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Essential Skills for Supply Chain Leaders in Asia during Pandemic

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

IT Competency: Critical for leveraging technology like smart sensors, AI, and data analytics to enhance visibility and control costs. As an example, Siam Cement Group in Thailand is adapting its supply chain design and strategies during the pandemic (as detailed in the table below).

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Introducing QAD Adaptive ERP 2022.1

QAD

From integrated multi-currency, multi-GAAP and multi-entity financials to best practice purchasing, from shared services to real-time data and flexible data analytics, Effective Enterprise Management ensures that manufacturers operate from a trusted set of essential enterprise processes that meet today’s and tomorrow’s needs.