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The One Key Shift in Your Supply Chain and Procurement Strategies that can Drive Better Business Continuity and Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

Traditionally what we typically refer to as indirect goods are mostly in Category 4. However, there are likely to be indirect goods that fall within Category 1 and Category 2 as well. What we categorize as “direct goods” can also fall within all the four categories but the biggest area of direct goods spend is within Category 1.

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Inflation + Source-to-Pay Strategies: The Cure for the Common Price Hike

ivalua

S2P and Mitigating Effects of Inflation One way of mitigating these effects is through S2P solutions – providing visibility into a company’s spend data across all categories of spend and help identify opportunities for cost savings through better supplier management techniques.

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Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail Management to Improve Sales

Logistics Viewpoints

This blog will review how category managers and supply planners can use cluster analysis to make smarter decisions and grow sales. Let’s look at the four most common ways cluster analysis is used for category management and supply chain planning decisions. The retail industry is rich with data. Happy clustering! and Europe.

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Demand Planning. When The Answer To Two Simple Questions Is Not So Simple.

Supply Chain Shaman

This blog post started a series of telephone calls. In this blog, I try to answer both questions. This blog post may seem a bit basic for some. In implementing planning, most of the focus in purchasing technology in the sales cycle is on optimization. Definition. Merriam-Webster. Bear with me. Models Matter.

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The Crucial Role of Spend Classification in eSourcing & Procurement

EC Sourcing Group

Spend classification can often go unnoticed, despite its critical influence over successful procurement strategy. Accurate classification of products, services, and suppliers forms the foundation for improved decision-making, cost optimization, and enhanced supply chain management.

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The power of daily data

crisp

Account Executive for Enterprise Partnerships Kyle Volenik (formerly of SPINS) outlines how companies are leveraging Crisp’s daily data to eliminate out-of-stocks, understand sales performance, and optimize trade spend like never before. Category data – Category data consists of sales data at the category level (ex.

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Optimizing Inventory Is About Improving Service While Lowering Inventory. Wait, What?

ToolsGroup

Optimize. /??pt?m??z/. Equally mystifying to people is the concept of inventory optimization. I urge you to read one of our most popular blogs “ What’s wrong with ABC inventory classification ” for a detailed explanation of why this process, conceived in the 1960s, has had its day. A better way: Inventory mix optimization.