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Establishing Procurement as a Competitive Advantage

ivalua

In my previous posts, I looked at how to successfully launch a digital transformation and progress to best-in-class Procurement. Most leaders seem to track their progress with metrics such as percent of spend managed and digitization levels, defining best-in-class as being the top quartile or similar high percentage. Stay Flexible.

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7 Tips: A Guide to Mastering Procurement

Material Handling & Logistics

With the digitization of the source-to-pay process being a key initiative for many chief procurement officers, to the inherent automation which promises to accelerate innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), digitization is growing. However, it is fundamental to empowering procurement success in the modern age.

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Supply Chain Leadership Driving Industry 4.0 & Resilience During Crisis – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

fashion, automotive, spare parts, airlines). Innovation and supplier management calls for cloud-based integrated systems between partners and advanced predictive models. Predictive analytics will quicken demand response and involve product-use insights to improve accuracy against external factors affecting demand (e.g.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

When you think about the product lifecycle from cradle-to-cradle through the moments of truth of purchase, usage, and disposal, what are the opportunities to improve corporate social responsibility? The DuPont supply chain supplied products and services into the housing and automotive supply chains. Bio-engineering? Customization?

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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

The company is a B2B Supply Chain Operating Network supporting the automotive and aerospace industries. Sadly, I find each to have a limited view of supply chain analytics. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders). In 2004 Compuware purchased Covisint.

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Eliminating Real-World Bottlenecks using AI from Silicon Valley to Mars

ThroughPut

Curtis Feeny has invested in enterprise software for 19 years with a focus on data analytics. His boards have included Khan Academy, Stanford Federal Credit Union, Staples (SPLS:NYSE), Ayla Networks, Kaggle, Wise.io, Autogrid, Sensys, Social Survey, and numerous other successful startups. Curtis was appointed by President George W.

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The Power of a Customer-Centric Business

American Global Logistics

Customers are spoiled for choice from retail to software to automotive. Amazon , for example, tracks customer data and feedback steadily using surveys. Data analytics should enable hyper-personalization and predictive capabilities. Prioritize customer research skills like journey mapping, behavioral analysis, and surveys.