Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Digital Procurement article and permission to publish here provided by Katherine Barrios of xeneta.com. The Hackett Group has recently released their analysis of their procurement benchmarking database. It demonstrates the advantages of working with a digital procurement strategy. Important Digital Procurement Trends.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

I am currently working on a couple of case studies for this blog on how business leaders used digital twin modeling during the pandemic. Initially, the output was published to procurement to design strategic buying strategies. Procurement became an island–isolated from the demand signal except for MRP.

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 25, 2021

By now many of you have heard about the “Ever Given”, which has been stuck in the Suez Canal since Tuesday, and is blocking all container ships trying to get through with their cargo. Because procurement executives were so focused on cost, they did not worry about shipment velocity. It may take weeks, by some estimates.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2020

The impact on supply chains is particularly apparent in the following two broad areas— shipping and procurement of products/components/raw materials. Ports in the United States, The Netherlands, Britain, France, and elsewhere have reported a drop in cargo volumes ranging from around 5 percent in January to an estimated 25 percent in February.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 19, 2020

European electronic component distributor TTI says it is using air cargo companies UPS, FedEx, and DHL to mitigate the impact of holdups in China. In the future, businesses will diversify their supply chains and source locally so they are not as dependent on one procurement source as they are now. The Food Industry.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The Port of Virginia serves as a case study in how the nation’s ports are adapting to the needs of the new economy. The growth of cargo moving through America’s ocean ports has increased significantly over the last two decades. Cargo carried by ships must be loaded and unloaded quickly with minimal dwell time in the port.

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EcoVadis

DECEMBER 28, 2016

From California to Connecticut, and Novi to New Orleans, EcoVadis was on the ground contributing to the advancement of sustainable procurement and CSR/sustainability practices in global supply chains during our most active year on record in the US. AIAG Corporate Responsibility Summit (Novi, MI). ProcureCon: Indirect West (Phoenix, AZ).

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