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[INFOGRAPHIC] Procurement Trends: Carving a Bigger Role in Supply Chain & Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

The Industrial Revolution helped change and bring prosperity into the world of manufacturing. As time passed, procurement gradually gained a larger role in the scope of manufacturing and order fulfillment. Why Is Technology Driving Procurement Trends and the Role of Procurement?

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2024: Planning for Success Amid the Uncertainty

Logistics Viewpoints

To examine supply chain management priorities, performance, and anticipated trends, APQC conducted its 10 th annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research, including a survey of more than 350 supply chain professionals from around the world and across multiple industries. For more information on the research, click here.

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Water is as Important to Some Industries as Electricity

Enterra Insights

Such predictions concern governments, populations, and industries. I want to focus on industrial water requirements. 3] When industrial requirements collide with personal requirements, unrest and political action are inevitable. ” For many industries, access to water, like access to electricity, is a matter of survival.

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Trends 2019: Manufacturing

Enterra Insights

Nevertheless, over the past few years there have been some significant changes in the manufacturing sector, including the maturation of additive manufacturing and the emergence of the Internet of Things (often referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)). Manufacturing trends. ”[4].

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Are You Caught in Word Salad Dribble?

Supply Chain Shaman

I will share insights as we go along) The Word Salad Shuffle In the industry, I feel that there is a lot of word salad–consultants and technologists spinning words with little meaning to drive leads. Contract Manufacturing Signal Latency. In our research, we find that 32% of volume is manufactured by a third party.

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Globally ten percent of jobs are in manufacturing, while 37% are associated with supply chain management. As an industry, we struggle to embrace new ways of thinking. On September 30, the big data company Palantir went public in an initial 22B$ market valuation. Reflection. The supply chain career is new. Palantir IPO.

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Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition

Supply Chain Shaman

I know that your primary focus is procurement. Unfortunately, the industry is full of a lot of Anna(s) and her friends, the doubting Thomas (s). In the industry, supply-centric techniques reign with lots of bravado and messaging on control towers, Demand-driven Materials Requirements Planning (DDMRP), and generative AI.