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50th Symposium Procurement and Logistics

Supply Chain Movement

50 th Symposium Procurement and Logistics. For 60 years it has been promoting dialogue in its capacity as a network designer. Over 70 specialist presentations, workshops and discussions. More than 2,200 decision-makers from procurement, SCM and logistics. Date: 11-13 November, 2015. Organisation: BME Verband.

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3 areas of development for Supplier Relationship Management

ivalua

In a market where production capacity has suddenly been saturated by exponential demand, these product suppliers, whether strategic or otherwise, preferred or not, are now the ones able to choose which customers to work with. More than one Procurement department has learned this the hard way.

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Academics share insights about sustainable supply chains at NC State Workshop

NC State SCRC

I had the opportunity to sit in a number of academic presentations today, as part of the Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chain Management Workshop for Early-Career Faculty. Capacity planning is also hard because of the infrastructure needed to be in place to balance demand and supply at all times, or the system will collapse.

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Why It Matters

Supply Chain Shaman

Their goal was to visualize excess capacity and make it available to enable their sales teams to offer upstream opportunities to their clients. OI has been more focused on transactional efficiency, procurement and IT standardization. It was their way of “shaping demand.” Owens Illinois (OI), a $6.3

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CSR Leaders Work With UNGC To Drive Corporate Attention On Supply Chain Sustainability

EcoVadis

This workshop brought together Global Compact LEAD companies and other members convened to define and bring urgency to sustainable procurement, and to discuss how they can motivate and mobilize their companies to address this next frontier in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) progress. Capacity building.

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Summit ’21 – Five Key Learnings for your Supply Chain Sustainability Journey

SupplyShift

2) Procurement is in a prime position to drive sustainable change. A theme that emerged throughout many sessions was the importance of the procurement function in normalizing supply chain sustainability. Rather, they emphasized the value of first making sustainability a permanent part of your internal procurement processes.

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Summit ’21 – Five Key Learnings for your Supply Chain Sustainability Journey

SupplyShift

2) Procurement is in a prime position to drive sustainable change. A theme that emerged throughout many sessions was the importance of the procurement function in normalizing supply chain sustainability. . Rather, they emphasized the value of first making sustainability a permanent part of your internal procurement processes. .