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AMER 2021 – Francois Pilon

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Vice President, North America Procurement. During his tenure at RBC, Francois lead the IT Sourcing Team and manage the implementation of their Sourcing to Pay systems. During his tenure at RBC, Francois lead the IT Sourcing Team and manage the implementation of their Sourcing to Pay systems.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech September 8 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Procurement sourcing and tail spend solutions provider Fairmarkit announced the completion of a $35.6 Co-founded in 2017 by CEO Kevin Frechette, COO Tarek Alaruri, and CTO Victor Kushch, the company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and has offices in New York and Poland. Expands C-Suite Amid Increased Technology Demand.

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ToolsGroup Named a Leader in IDC Marketscape for Worldwide Supply Chain Inventory Optimization

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BOSTON (December 13, 2019) ToolsGroup, a leader a global leader in supply chain planning software, has been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Inventory Optimization 2019 Vendor Assessment. Source: [link]. PRESS RELEASE. Visit www.ToolsGroup.com and follow us on Twitter @ToolsGroup.

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Is Mexico the World's Next Manufacturing Hub?

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In addition, per the Boston Consulting Group, manufacturing in Mexico is about 4 percent cheaper now than in China — compared to being 6 percent more expensive over a decade ago. Another study pinpoints the country as the top choice for “nearshoring” (sometimes called “reshoring”) production to North America.

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Report from Food Marketing Institute Highlights CPG Logistics Challenges

Zipline Logistics

A new report from the Food Marketing Institute and Boston Consulting Group highlights the effects increased demand had on organizations in the CPG marketplace. According to the report , the largest brands in North America reported an 8% decline in on-time in-full (OTIF) delivery performance at retail customers throughout 2020.

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ToolsGroup Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape Worldwide Demand Planning Market Report

ToolsGroup

BOSTON (September 30, 2019) ToolsGroup, a leader a global leader in supply chain planning software, has been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Supply Chain Demand Planning 2019 Vendor Assessment. . Source: [link]. PRESS RELEASE. ToolsGroup Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape Worldwide Demand Planning Market Report.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech December 13 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

Also participating in the Series F round were Stack Capital Group , Next47 , Stafford Capital Partners , HESTA , Newton Investment Management North America , Gray’s Creek Capital , Silicon Valley Bank , Hercules Capital , Inc., BOND , and Scale Venture Partners. The tech provider leverages a “ robots-as-a-service’’ business model.