QAD

JULY 7, 2022

Supply chain due diligence is a critical topic for manufacturers and enterprises in all industries, especially given three major impacts of recent high-profile abuse cases, new due diligence laws and consumer buying trends. . found that consumers would stop purchasing brands with ethics issues. Let’s break it down.

Purchasing Skills 97

Purchasing Skills Manufacturing Procurement Cost Reduction Strategies Procurement Analytics 97

Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 4, 2015

As part of the conference, I’m delivering a talk on five predictions that every procurement professional should consider. These aren’t so much “predictions”, as opportunities that procurement professionals should become aware of, and educate themselves on.

Procurement Analytics 60

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Material Handling & Logistics

MAY 2, 2018

As it turns out, the solution to this growing problem may lie in our own refrigerators. billion metric tons—gets lost or wasted. What’s more, net food losses in developed countries (222 million metric tons) equate to nearly all of the food produced in Sub-Saharan Africa yearly (223 million metric tons).

Waste Reduction 91

Waste Reduction Food Procurement Analytics Vendor Strategies 91

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Purchasing and supplier management. A KPI is a metric… but not just any metric. A KPI is a metric focused on a KEY element of business, departmental, or team performance. There is really nothing wrong with capturing a lot of metrics, especially with today’s powerful analytics software solutions to help.

KPI 94

KPI Guinea-Bissau Virgin Islands Papua New Guinea 94

NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 28, 2015

As people conduct more and more transactions electronically, whether it’s consumers on Amazon or organizational buyers on Ariba, Coupa, or other P2P solutions, the relational component of supply chains seems to be going down. (UPS and FedEx both saw package volumes soar by 17% or more during the Christmas season over last year).

Predictive Analytics Software 40

Predictive Analytics Software Predictive Analytics Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 40

Freightera

APRIL 17, 2020

My husband works in the film industry, and as people stop coming to Vancouver to shoot, and most of the film industry is really globalized, that would impact our family and I know it’s already impacting other people’s families and livelihoods in similar ways. I think it’s a critical tool at a critical time.

Predictive Analytics Software 26

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