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What is Supply Chain Management? Importance & Benefits

QAD

Supply chain management (SCM) is essential to any business strategy. Supply chain management is never boring, and there’s always more to learn. What is a Supply Chain? Simply put, a supply chain controls the flow of raw materials and goods. What is Supply Chain Management?

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Supply Chain Leadership Series IV: Joydeep Ganguly – Passionate About Sustainable Supply Chains

NC State SCRC

I had the opportunity to have him talk to my MBA class recently, and we covered a variety of topics – from career development to the biotech industry. Prior to Gilead, Joydeep spent 10 years at Biogen, in roles of increasing responsibility in the areas of process sciences, manufacturing and supply chain. He earned an M.S.

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Lights out: China’s energy woes hamper supply chains

Resilinc

But China is the top concern for supply chain managers. To meet the surging demand, including early holiday purchases, China’s exports to the U.S. To meet the surging demand, including early holiday purchases, China’s exports to the U.S. The world’s largest exporter since 2009, Chinese producers shipped $2.5

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How 2011 Prepared Us for Today

ivalua

But few remember the stress the 2011 event placed on global supply chains. . Agriculture, financial services, biotech/pharmaceuticals and telecommunications also accounted for a large portion of Japan’s GDP. . The interdependence of the global supply chain guaranteed the effects would extend far beyond the Japanese economy. .

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SCRC Partner Profile: A Textbook Transformation at Biogen-Idec

Supply Chain View from the Field

It isn’t easy to drive change in biotech companies for a number of reasons. With their external spend increasing so fast, there is great pressure on biotech companies to rethink how their sourcing structures are set up to add most value. is showing how this can happen in the biotech sector. Biogen Idec Inc.

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Driving profitability through advanced S&OP

Kinaxis

by Alexa Cheater As Gartner Research Director Matthew Spooner noted in his recent presentation at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, advanced sales and operations planning (S&OP) is like a hotel. In fact, Spooner says S&OP isn’t a supply chain process at all. What exactly does that mean? Bias down 10%.

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Poole Graduate Joydeep Ganguly believes in a “Goodness Chain” at Gilead Science

NC State SCRC

I got to know Joydeep during his days at Biogen, and we continue to stay connected, as Gilead is a partner in the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative. I wanted to find a way to contribute to the healthcare industry, and biotech was an obvious choice. He holds an MBA from Poole, and also has an engineering degree from Notre Dame.

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