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Agile Strategic Sourcing for a Resilient Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The unprecedented growth of e-commerce has led to a greater demand for the timely and efficient delivery of goods. Procurement, activities such as strategic sourcing, are one of the main processes in the supply chains that can generate a positive impact on companies by giving them a competitive advantage in the market.

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Procurement Strategy. How to Get it Right? [Guide + Template]

Precoro

Strategic Procurement Helps a Business Unleash its Potential. As The Hackett Group discovered, approaching procurement strategically with specific business goals in mind helps achieve a significantly higher ROI. Operational efficiency and cost reduction are among the top procurement priorities for CPOs, according to Deloitte.

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Big data and inventory management

EazyStock

What is big data? All successful businesses use data to develop strategies and review their outcomes. But as the number of systems being used increases, the amount of data available for consumption and analysis grows exponentially. Big data is used to understand trends and patterns in behavior.

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Business Advantages of Advanced Analytics

Enterra Insights

“The digital era has most organizations pursuing the fruits of data-driven strategies,” writes freelancer Bob Violino ( @BobViolino ). Violino notes, “It’s one thing to gather large amounts of data and apply analytics to it; lots of organizations are doing that. Data Democratization.

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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

The discipline, first defined in 1982, includes source, make, deliver, and planning functions. The harsh reality is that efficient transactions in functional silos do not provide the most effective organizations or better balance sheet results. Data science is only useful when companies are clear on the question to ask.

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Upgrading your Supply Chain Planning Software to the Cloud: Everything you need to know

Logility

It scales the interchange of that intelligence to deliver value to clients, suppliers, buyers, and sellers with considerable speed, agility, and visibility and promotes greater business efficiency. Timely and accurate data – Digital planning platforms are driven by timely and accurate data.

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Why you need a good supply chain strategy

EazyStock

What is a supply chain strategy? A supply chain strategy explains how a company will bring goods into the business and get them out to customers as effectively as possible. Considering every phase in the supply chain, such as sourcing goods, logistics and delivery, the strategy optimizes operations to reduce costs and maximize profits.