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Direct Spend Management: A Checklist for Enabling Shared Value with Direct Suppliers

Logistics Viewpoints

In order to effectively manage risks in the current unstable global marketplaces, many suppliers have a thorough understanding of their own suppliers as well as supply chain bottlenecks that extend past the top tier of suppliers. An example of this is Vendor Management Inventory and Capacity Collaboration for contract manufacturing.

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Realizing the Value of Supply Chain Optimization for Tire Manufacturing

DELMIA Quintiq

New technologies revolutionizing transportation are creating tremendous opportunities but also unprecedented challenges for tire manufacturers. The establishment of efficient global supply chains has become critical to competitiveness.

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Global Manufacturing Levels Contract Again in August 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides readers with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series, specifically in providing highlights on reported August 2024 global wide PMI activity levels. The August data further reinforces indications of a global manufacturing slowdown. Consequently.

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If Only the Supply Chain was Reconfigured

Supply Chain Shaman

.” His narrative centers on the evolution of the global supply chain evolving with a focus on labor arbitration ignoring geographic distance and shipping issues. His belief is that the internet, container shipping, and global banking shrunk the supply chain. Supply-centric or Manufacturing Thinking. Let me explain.

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Added Signs of Global Manufacturing Upturn in May

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides readers and clients with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported May 2024 global PMI activity levels. Signs of Global Manufacturing Upturn Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted in the J.P.

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Upturn in Global Manufacturing in June- Cautionary Signs Prevail

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides readers and clients with a further installment in our global supply chain assessment series in providing highlights on reported June and Q2- 2024 global PMI activity levels. Global Manufacturing Output Global-wide manufacturing levels as depicted by the J.P. compared to the 50.3

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How Modern Software Empowers Procurement with Agility and Resilience in Times of Crisis

ivalua

What we learned about agility and resilience can be applied to future-proof the source-to-pay (S2P) process and help organizations meet any new challenge with confidence. The job of sourcing professionals is to understand the risk in the supply chain and manage it so they can react quickly when a problem occurs.”