Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Leveraging internal audits to align quality management with key business metrics When asked what are the benefits of conducting an internal audit? Christine said, “I have used internal audits as the baseline to improve our overall business metrics.

Quality 89

Quality Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software Manufacturing Procurement 89

Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 29, 2021

If a customer has an emotional connection with your brand, they are more likely to purchase your products and services. Ensure you conduct workshops and training to sharpen your employees’ skills to handle customers, resolve conflict, and communicate. Numerous metrics can help you measure the success of our CX strategy.

Sourcing Strategies 93

Sourcing Strategies Procurement Analytics Price Mitigation Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 93

NC State SCRC

JANUARY 18, 2018

Here is a sample of the type of projects our MBA and Engineering students are working on this semester, proving again that NC State is all about “THINK AND DO” (in our case, executing on practical applications in the real world using robust supply chain analytical approaches). MUFG Union Bank Strategic Performance Metrics.

Vendor Strategies 40

Vendor Strategies Optimal Sourcing Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction 40

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

As shown in the 2015 Supply Chains to Admire report , over time, top performing supply chains plateau. In the evolution of today’s analytics most companies are evaluating concurrent optimization of transactional data. We are just beginning to understand how to use sentiment data and new forms of analytics.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 150

Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics Software 150

Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. There is also no Santa Claus.

Supply and Demand 150

Supply and Demand Prescriptive Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 150

NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Gene Richter is widely known as one of the world’s true procurement gurus, and I was privileged to have known him when he came to speak several times at Michigan State during the 1992-1999 period when I was there. And when I say value, I mean more than just cost savings, or the infamous “purchase price avoidance” metric.

Procurement Analytics 8

Procurement Analytics Procurement Solutions Optimal Sourcing Procurement 8

Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

When I do workshops on driving data sharing across the industry, the sales group of the seller of products often calls me aside for a one-on-one talk. There is no focus on payment based on outcomes or purchase at the point of consumption. She also actively blogs on her Supply Chain Insights website, for Linkedin , and for Forbes.

Pharmaceutical 150

Pharmaceutical Supply and Demand Food Manufacturing Procurement 150