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The sharing economy: An effective model for supply chain management?

Kinaxis

It is inevitably becoming a major source of revenue in today’s global economy, led by the likes of Uber and Airbnb. For example, businesses might participate in co-managed collaboration – sharing people or physical assets, planning technology, and data or reporting – all of which more effectively satisfies customer demand in a timely manner.

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Best Practice Guide to Invoice to Pay

ivalua

At each step of this Procurement process, data is gathered, suppliers are onboarded, and deliveries are accepted. The result of bringing these three steps together with data from the whole Procurement journey is a seamless and almost touchless workflow that transforms accounts payable. Streamlined Supplier Enablement.

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Where Would We Be Without All of the BullS&%T?

Supply Chain Shaman

It seldom snows in Belgium: the city sits in anticipation. As I stare at my keyboard, I wonder what would have happened if the dialogue on supply chain improvement, over the last decade, was more data-driven with less vendor hype. The data was out of sync with their needs. The use of third parties introduces data latency issues.

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China’s Export Restrictions on Germanium and Gallium  

Resilinc

In 2010, China restricted exports of rare earth elements to Japan following a territorial dispute, sending prices soaring and Japan scrambling to find alternative sources. While China exports about 60% of the world’s germanium, the other 40% comes from Canada, the US, Finland, and Belgium. Which Industries Will Be Impacted?

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Where Would We Be Without All of the BullS&%T?

Supply Chain Shaman

It seldom snows in Belgium: the city sits in anticipation. As I stare at my keyboard, I wonder what would have happened if the dialogue on supply chain improvement, over the last decade, was more data-driven with less vendor hype. The data was out of sync with the goal. The use of third parties introduces data latency issues.

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Is it time to take your supply chain glocal?

Kinaxis

As defined by the source of all knowledge, Wikipedia, “glocalization is the adaptation of globally marketed products and services to local markets.” Their regional menus offer things like the Chicken Maharaja Mac in India, the Croque McDo in Belgium and the KiwiBurger in New Zealand.

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Data Quality is as Important as Data Quantity

Enterra Insights

Despite the fact big data is old news, it continues to make headlines. Mike Wood ( @Legalmorning ), founder of Legalmorning.com, writes, “Big data is here to stay and we need to get used to it. ”[2] Like many buzz words, the topic of big data is too broad to discuss in toto. ” The importance of data quality.

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