Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Chris Hahn from Coupa did a demo for me, showing me the ease with which Coupa software allows Accounts Payable and Sourcing groups to access all of their data online. The software was founded in 2006, and is based on the Amazon model of being able to quickly access data…because of how new the platform was, it is better able to drive solutions that are truly mobile and accessible to sourcing and contract managers from their iPhones.

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EMERGE App

JULY 11, 2018

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! You need to source for products to sell at wholesale prices to your retail customers. A sourcing agency will typically do one of the following roles: A.

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Elementum

JULY 20, 2015

The collapse of a major bridge on I-10 connecting California to Arizona served as a striking reminder that US infrastructure is failing and little is being done about it. The challenge lies in the bill’s major source of funding: The federal fuel tax, which charges 18.4

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

To make that point, Mortson lists ten different definitions for the term from various sources. ” Rather than trying to define supply chain management, Eddie Davila, a Senior Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director at Arizona State’s W.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 11, 2017

I was interviewed at the IBM Emptoris conference back in November on some of the emerging trends in terms of the value added that procurement can add through analytics, the importance of data governance as the foundation for analytics, sources of data for creating cognitive analytics, and the rise of Big Data and the possibilities in terms of applications. Supply chain data sources fueling cognitive solutions: https://youtu.be/06ELlm-XOEQ.

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ivalua

MAY 28, 2014

In my last blog post, “ Will your supply chain lead in the next decade? ,” I talked about Gartner’s first-day focus at their Supply Chain Executive Summit in Phoenix, Arizona. Social: To be effective, it’s critical that sourcing break down the organization’s functional and communication silos.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 25, 2013

The year 2012 marked the 30th anniversary of the use of supply chain management as a cross-functional process for source, make and deliver in the commercial sector. Today, I am proud to launch the Supply Chain Index.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Supply Chain Improvement is based on the work that we completed with an Arizona State University Operations Research team to determine the Supply Chain Index. How do you balance the trade-offs between source, make and deliver? Last week was the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 16, 2014

These tools allow us to look at sell, source, make, and deliver together. All of these studies that we are doing this summer will be showcased in a series of infographics at our upcoming Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 10th-11th in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Kinaxis

JUNE 29, 2018

Health officials narrowed the source down to romaine lettuce, but identifying which romaine lettuce from where is still a problem. Then, after an outbreak at an Alaska prison pointed to whole romaine lettuce heads, the CDC targeted all romaine grown in Yuma, Arizona.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally, across multiple tiers, with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make, and sourcing organizations outside-in.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 17, 2019

These balanced metrics overlay the functions of source, make and deliver. In 2012, we worked with Arizona State University to determine which portfolio of metrics most aligned with market capitalization. Daily I see one. You probably also have them in your mail. What is it? A cute press release ginned-up by an aggressive marketing group at a software company. The are noise hiding the issue that business leaders are struggling in the delivery of business results.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 22, 2016

The client was from utility industry located in Las Vegas & had a customer base of approximately 2 million including residential, commercial and industrial customers.They provided natural gas service to parts of Arizona, Nevada, and California. Sourcing Process: Apart from having a streamlined supplier on-boarding mechanism, another aspect which enables diverse supplier spend is the visibility of the supplier information during the sourcing.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Our call was scheduled quite early for me in Arizona since Santa’s HQ had adopted GMT as the standard time. As you can imagine, the CESC is inundated with data from multiple, disparate sources. Update on the Christmas Express Supply Chain.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Source: RevCascade website. of Arizona and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to study Peloton’s current and next-generation truck platooning technologies, advanced powertrain concepts from Cummins, automated steering controls from ZF TMW and new truck designs from Peterbilt.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2014

We often find that companies have better performance in the management of regional supply chains where the sources of supply are in the same market versus the management of products across borders. It is a slow week. Most of my friends are on vacation.

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Cerasis

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

When I was Materials Manager at Maricopa County, Arizona, the second largest county in the country, I introduced Vendor Managed Inventory. Cutting the Right Costs with Technology by Sourcing Innovation. Editor’s Note: Cerasis is a 3PL focused on transportation management.

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ITradeNetwork

OCTOBER 9, 2018

From a recent survey of some of the major grocery store chains conducted here at iTradeNetwork, sourcing locally fresh food is a direct response to their customer’s desire. But all food simply cannot be sourced locally. That stalk of celery you purchased for the stuffing in your holiday turkey has a 95% chance of being from California or Arizona and about 88% of eaters in North America do not live near the major production areas.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Too few companies understand the differences between syndicated data sources and the use of channel data. It is the week before Thanksgiving in the United States; and as a good Yank, I am reflective. I am giving thanks. This blog was started in 2010.

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ivalua

MARCH 14, 2019

Redwood City, CA March 14, 2019 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that the State of Maryland has selected its Source-to-Pay platform to power a new statewide e-procurement system, eMaryland Marketplace Advantage.

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ivalua

JUNE 11, 2019

Source-to-Contract: Subcontractor identification and management, distributor/dealer management, compliance management, and enhanced subcontractor and diversity reporting. Customers span all levels of government and include the State of Ohio, State of Arizona, State of Maryland, City of New York, Shared Services Canada, British Columbia and others. Best practice procurement capabilities now available for rapid deployment in the public sector.

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Cerasis

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Many studies highlight the need for a redoubled focus on STEM education to main a vibrant economy, both in Arizona and nationally. In Arizona, STEM skills have stayed in demand even through the economic downturn. Today is National Manufacturing Day !

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Cerasis

DECEMBER 18, 2015

When I was Materials Manager at Maricopa County, Arizona, the second largest county in the country, I introduced Vendor Managed Inventory. However, complex supplier relationships, unreliable sources of material supply, and ever-increasing customer expectations greatly add to the expectations to select the best suppliers and conduct their operations more efficiently.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 1, 2016

I had the opportunity to hear George Moakley, formerly the Enterprise Architect and Strategic Planner at Intel, who is now one of the founders of the new Intelligence at the Edge for Supply Chain Lab at Arizona State University. This is also known as “distributed computing” and “distributed analytics”, which involves computing data at the source of collection, which will increasingly be in machines and equipment.

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AB&R

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Plus, thanks to our great employees, we were named as one of the Top Companies to Work for in Arizona for the fourth year in a row. As a result, all romaine lettuce was pulled nationwide because agencies had little information on the source of the lettuce. [4].

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EFT

JULY 18, 2018

Arizona. #7. Arizona. The legislation mandates that 80% of the overall funding will comes from these sources before the federal government will step in with financial support.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Automatic price feeds – Get an automatic feed of consortium price indices, including DAT, so you can stop digging through websites and different sources of price information. Dave holds an MBA from Wake Forest University and earned his undergraduate degree from Arizona State University.

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3PL Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

According to GreenCarrier.com , supply chain technology and the change in global supply and sourcing is allowing shippers to be more proactive with their shipping and projections.

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NC State SCRC

MAY 16, 2016

I had a chance to meet with my good friend Tom Choi from Arizona State University a couple of weeks ago. ” “The first rule is that aggregated forecasts are always better then product-specific forecasts. (This has been made popular by the trend of “crowd sourcing” recently.)

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EFT

JULY 30, 2018

over 2010 (Source: US Commerce Department). In May 2018 unemployment dropped to 3.8% (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics), with the addition of 223,000 new jobs. Source: US Commerce Department, Internet Retailer, USPS, Tompkins International.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

It will be the single best source of software products and domain expertise for manufacturers and retailers. 87th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85260, telephone number (480-308-3392) or mike.burnett@jda.com. 87th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona 85260, telephone number (480-308-3392) or mike.burnett@jda.com. 87th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona 85260, telephone number (480-308-3392) or mike.burnett@jda.com.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The nationwide trends of locally sourced fresh produce or alternate sourcing may be part of the explanation for lower reefer volumes. Here are a few lanes that moved lower: Nogales, Arizona to Dallas plunged 33¢ to $1.89/mile.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The nationwide trends of locally sourced fresh produce or alternate sourcing may be part of the explanation for lower reefer volumes. Here are a few lanes that moved lower: Nogales, Arizona to Dallas plunged 33¢ to $1.89/mile.

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2018

” — William Verdini, associate professor and chairman of the Supply Chain Management Department at Arizona State University’s Carey School of Business, as quoted in The Importance of Education in Supply Chain Management , Reliable Plant; Twitter: @NoriaCorp.

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Quintiq

MAY 5, 2016

I recently had an opportunity to attend CS Week – the premier customer service-focused conference for utility companies in the North American market – in Phoenix, Arizona.

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