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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

While the performance rankings were based on comparisons of inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the periods of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013, the concept is that to be a supply chain leader you must outperform and drive improvement. How do you balance the trade-offs between source, make and deliver?

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement. Popular techniques included business process outsourcing, contract manufacturing to reduce the cost of labor, low-cost country sourcing, tax efficiency projects, and the elongation of payables to improve cash-to-cash. Apparel is an example.

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Autonomous Planning in Supply Chain: 4 Must-Haves for Next-Generation Platforms

Logistics Viewpoints

This includes suppliers, logistics providers, sales, and fulfillment locations/channels supporting autonomous planning decisions that take data flowing from various internal and external sources into account. It provides a single source of truth with visibility and analytics based on the same data.

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Supply Chain Management:The Learning from the 2012 Holiday.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. They embraced the conveniences of in-home and mobile buying and cyber-based price and feature comparisons. Procurement Blog. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Human Resources.

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

However, each of these firms expressed that they would benefit from more direct discussions with the BioPreferred Program to find ways to increase the utilization of the label as a default “indicator” to be used in life cycle assessment (LCA) programs similar to the use of sustainable sourced forestry products.

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Your Complete Guide to Supply Chain Sustainability

SupplyShift

Procurement is emerging as a particularly helpful and strategic function to sustainability efforts and setting supply chain sustainability goals. Elevating procurement’s role before setting sustainability goals can be a useful and facilitative practice.

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Your Complete Guide to Supply Chain Sustainability

SupplyShift

Procurement is emerging as a particularly helpful and strategic function to sustainability efforts and setting supply chain sustainability goals. Elevating procurement’s role before setting sustainability goals can be a useful and facilitative practice. Encourages more widespread adoption of responsible sourcing practices.