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6 Essential Procurement Training Courses for Professionals: How To Begin and Advance Your Career in Procurement

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In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, organizations across industries are realizing the immense value of effective procurement practices. Procurement professionals play a vital role in driving operational efficiency, cost savings, and strategic decision-making. But how do you get started? Do not worry!

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Fashion Industry Challenges Require Elegant Demand Planning

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When you’re perusing luxury handbags online, or testing which cocktail dress suits you the best, you probably don’t pause to consider all the supply chain complexities and analytics required to ensure the fashion items you’re craving are in-stock. The difference between apparel and lipstick. trillion U.S. dollars in 2020 to about 2.25

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Keeping Up with Consumers

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. … Most of those trading down [actions] either adjusted the quantity or pack size of their purchases (60 percent), which is the primary method of trading down for necessities, or decided to postpone a purchase (44 percent), typically for nonessential items. In January: Report ,” MediaPost, 10 February 2023. [3]

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Understanding Supply Chain Sustainability

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The company has established long-term power purchase agreements at the country level. As a result, Mars has been able to procure renewable electricity to cover the entire business in those specific countries. To that end, Mars started with a commitment to 100 percent renewable energy a number of years ago and is making steady progress.

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The Pandemic will End; But Will the Retail Apocalypse?

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Despite growing optimism about the end of the pandemic, retail correspondent Lauren Thomas ( @laurenthomas ) reports, “Coresight Research predicts as many as 10,000 stores could close in the U.S. The industry being hit the hardest, Weinswig said, is the apparel industry. this year, which would set a new record.

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American Software Reports First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 Results

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NASDAQ: AMSWA) today reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. million for the same period last year, reflecting our continued transition to the Software as a Service (SaaS) engagement model. ATLANTA (August 25, 2021) American Software, Inc. million compared to $0.8 About American Software, Inc.

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Elevating The Voice of the Supply Chain Contrarian

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” The industry is in a groupthink, largely missing the opportunities for breakthrough innovation. Almost two decades of reporting. Demand latency is the time cycle to translate a channel purchase to an order.) The interjection of AI innovation is a positive, bringing new thinking to the technology landscape.

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